In Peoples Park I meet a girl.
We talk. She’s been to Harvard
for a Bachelor of Arts and now
a graduate student at Berkeley
studies modern dance
in China.
Studies, mind you, she
doesn’t actually dance.
For this she gets a stipend
of more dough than I claimed
on my taxes working full-time
all last year.
Later on, down Telegraph
a bum approaches
smelling of urine
(probably his own)
asks for some change to eat or grab
a bottle or do whatever it is he does
with his spare time. I direct him
to where the student admissions office
is located and tell him if he’s really
hungry he should sign up to study
something completely useless.
He does a little dance in the street.
He shakes his money-maker.
He must be overjoyed to hear
the good news, either that
or he has just crapped his pants.
- Daniel McNulty
Daniel McNulty is a founding member of Raconteur Publications who's first book, The Raconteur Reader, is due out in June. He was the general manager of The Raconteur's Word Fest, a four hour literary event held at Metuchen's landmark The Forum Theatre. He is a graduate of Rutgers University.
so nice!! very pretty poem, looks like you really love your native place! it's good
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