Plans Deranged by Time: The Poetry of George Fetherling

The Six O’Clock News from Buffalo

The Six O’Clock News from Buffalo Once there were streamers to greet each famous visitor these turned to cobwebs before they disappeared and waterfalls became escalators which finally broke down in the sure-footed progress of decay with its gaudy colours pinball lighting and not unpleasant odour that’s carried across the lake with a faint suggestion of all-time polka hits Where are the Natives of Cheektowaga Tonawanda Lackawanna gone these two hundred years nearly as extinct as the foundry worker the housewife in Depew we’re told of breathlessly with mock grimness as the music swells 6 / Plans Deranged by Time Why is the politician outside the courthouse hiding behind his hat who knocked over the elemental liquor store who set the fire on Genesee Street that burns oblivious like some eternal flame The Poetry of George Fetherling / 7 ...