Heart Happy (cathy_edgett) wrote,
Heart Happy
cathy_edgett

Poem -

INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS


1.

Wang Ping asks if
we went to a seder
last night
           She did,
in Minneapolis
No, I say, we're not
observant
as though we constantly
overlook details


2.

The teachers in the lounge
crowd around the
Swedish visitor
You must be very proud
one of them beams
to be Swedish
She has no idea
what that means
She says,
I don't _dislike_
being Swedish


3.

Who's ever met a Bulgarian?
he would shout in the bar
Then one night
two homely blond sisters
smiled and said
_We_ are Bulgarians!
They smiled for two weeks
then went away forever


Robert Hershon
Calls from the Outside World
Hanging Loose Press

Copyright (c) 2006 by Robert Hershon.
All rights reserved.
Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission.
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