Magpie Tales 107: Oceania Lovers

Image by Sarolta Ban

Shared by Tess Kincaid

Airstrip One 

Winston Smith is every person, 

every corner, street, mall, lot, 

motel hallway; 

every elevator shaft, subway,

train, plane, bus, 

taxicab; 

each iWad is watching, from 

phones, cameras, monitors, 

smart, smart, smart; 

let me duck into the room, 

kill the lights quickly

before she fingers the brim

of my fedora-cloaked 

bald life. 

Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker