O GREAT EXPECTATIONS

"O Great Expectations," Montana BLACK spray paint, art marker, and India ink on 4" x 6" recycled cardboard postcard.

One of the cards I sent out as part of my "O Eschaton" series of poems for the 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest.

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O GREAT EXPECTATIONS

O Great Expectations of a constant homeland
clinging to cardinal points of the compass

as the magnetic pole shifts
as our makeshift tents collapse

under the weight of carbon fiber footprints
under the weight of wielded batons—

we found our refugee camp
and dreamed of what it could entail

learned the history of this new nation
so that we could join its ranks.

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All artwork and poems by Troy Kehm-Goins © 2021 Troy's Work Table Publishing.