You Probably Won’t Publish This Poem
David Jure, Victoria
Volume 39 Issue 1,2,&3 | Posted: April 5, 2024
this poem won’t make the New Yorker
it won’t talk about sensitive issues
that make women weep
you won’t publish it because
it dares to talk about boredom
it won’t be hip, current, a la mode
or de rigeur
it won’t win by default or some secret
papal lottery, the logic of
which is known only to free Masons and knights Templar
you probably won’t publish this poem
because I’m a political shit disturber
who wants to see more rights for the
mentally ill…
I’ll drink coffee and gloat
that I managed to escape
publication in some gaunt new age feathery
periodical with a following
of people who get teary
over Sarah McLachlan
talking about abused animals
I may not even send it in
I might take a course in sleepwalking
vegan cooking
noise aperitifs and pollution
global swarming
but I certainly won’t
hold my breath
because you probably won’t publish this poem
— David Jure
from All’s Fair in Love
and Wardrobe
David Jure, Victoria