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The Surly Blondes of Earth
And the question always comes of time
travel—who would you like to meet,
either living or dead? And I think
I would like to meet someone who is alive,
better conversation that way.
I mean, why go back in time
to meet Einstein if he’s been dead a day,
or Joan of Arc, if she’s been dead for two,
or Jesus, if he’s been dead for three?
As I ride this streetcar looking up
every so often for places to eat, I read
the shapeshifter who killed as a lark
and I think, if I could go back in time
before there were blondes
things would be better, and
I search for time travelers in restaurants
that serve breakfast all day
and in that way I hope to hitch a ride
far from this cruel world of sunlit hair,
of peroxide, and vacant stares
and to let slip the surly blondes of earth.
The Surly Blondes of Earth
by David Clink
NOTES:
Appeared in the chapbook,
The Surly
Blondes of Earth,
March, 2002.
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