24 July 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 2
:Forbidden:
Sometimes my friends & I, we get to feeling persecuted.
You see, we have a strong sense of entitlement
& deep stores of confidence that we are, individually
& collectively, the most awesomest thing of all time.
You can see us holding signs on street corners
demanding equal rights, better treatment, final aesthetic control.
We deal with the overwhelming apathy that the public
shows to our cause by looking sullen for days on end.
Then we go back to seeking out people to strut our stuff
in front of, bragging in our every action how utterly cool
we are. When this goes unrecognized, we get mean.
Everyone should realize they are nothing compared to us.
About the author:
Nate Pritts's new work can be seen/will be seen in print from The Southern Review, POOL, Cimarron Review, and Forklift, Ohio and online at DIAGRAM, TYPO, and horse less review. ":Forbidden:" is taken from the series Just Us Friends. Other poems fro this series can be found at storySouth. His chapbook, The Happy Seasons, is online from Swannigan & Wright. The editor and sole shareholder of H_NGM_N, an online journal of poetry, poetics, &c., Nate lives in Natchitoches, LA, with his wife Rhonda and kids, Dylan and Laney (and Oscar the dog).
For further reading:
Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 5, No. 2, where ":Forbidden:" ran on July 24, 2005. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
