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Britt Melewski: from Letters to Powerful People, 15

October 25, 2016 by PBQ

Senator John Hoeven, 
The other morning I put Bailey’s in my morning coffee and was like oh boy, there I go down the rabbit
hole.  It’s coming for me.  But at the same time, fuck it.  Am I right?  I could furnish it with a pull-out
couch and satellite TV, read the funny pages and text artists all the same.  That’s LIBERTY— or, at least a
second cousin of it.  My soul’s either going to be accepted or it’s not.        I have a bad cough.  I worked
on this letter all night, all morning, all night, all morning, but it just doesn’t feel right.  You ever get that?
Like a sky drawn in highlighter.  The comb in my mouth.  I saw a report recently that men’s beards have
feces in them.  On them?  Or, more specifically, men’s beards house the microbes one would find if one
were to search through feces.  And I thought to myself, point to something that isn’t covered in feces.
When my wife left me, I wish I hadn’t cried.  I wish I were stronger and said something like, We tried, my
love.  The roads and bridges in my town look like they need a friend.  Though, I’m thankful I have a town
with roads and bridges.  Can you be a friend, Senator Hoven?  Have you ever read the Dr. Seuss book
Are You My Mother?  I have not.

Filed Under: Contributors 94, Issue 94, Poetry, Poetry 94 Tagged With: Britt Melewski, Contributors 94, Poetry, Poetry 94

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