{"id":2170,"date":"2016-03-04T18:27:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T23:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2016-02-18T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T23:31:17","slug":"howie-good-to-a-student-who-asks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"Howie Good: “To a Student Who Asks…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howie Good<\/h1>\n

To a Student Who Asks, \u2018Can I Do Something for Extra Credit?\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

When refugees from the fighting
\n<\/span>drown trying to reach shore,
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>you can memorialize the spot
\n<\/span>with plastic flowers, dead flies,
\n<\/span>and drawings of frowny faces,
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

before resolutely going back
\n<\/span>to whatever it is you ordinarily do
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

worlds away from the dark city
\n<\/span>where gods are hanged from lampposts
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

and their blue eyes plucked out
\n<\/span>and carried in pockets for luck.<\/span><\/p>\n

 
\nCome all without, come all within: you\u2019ll not see nothing like the mighty\u00a0Howie Good.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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