- Urine on the Evening News
Of courseIt stinks
Why do you thinkThey always advertiseClorox
& Tide& Ivory Snow & Joy& Cosmic Drain Cleaner& Vacation Cruises & IVs
On even more channels If they didn'tYou'd have to smell the warsYou don't believe in anywayOr listen to that endless hypnotic voice fillThe silence inside a large bag of Cheetos [End Page 86]
John McKernan grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and taught at Marshall University for forty-one years. He edits ABZ Press and has published several books of poetry, the most recent being Resurrection of the Dust.