A NOD TOWARDS KEN BLACKERBY
ON THE JAMES WRIGHT RIVER
WRITING POEMS DURING A PROPHETIC TIME
Right about the time my son
discovered alcohol he brought home
a dog named Trouble. At the time
John Lewis was the furthest man
from my mind. Young men
like their music loud.
There's always an adult in the room,
even at SNCC headquarters
back in the day. Tone it down,
John. How could one know
that dog would be good trouble?
How could we know what
was still to come would require
sobriety none of us believed in or imagined.
Jim Bodeen
4 August 2020
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