Nothing could be,
more off key,
than the lack of sympathy
we receive in this symphony.
But, you mustn’t miss a beat
because, although you may be
on the horns of a dilemma,
you have been instrumental
in this rhapsody.
I don’t mean to string you along,
but please note: Compose yourself.
Conduct yourself with vigilance;
play your own instrument;
and toot your own horn,
before the coda’s come
and gone.

Jack Conway’s poems have appeared in Poetry, The Antioch Review, The Hiram Poetry Review, The Columbia Review, “The Norton Book of Light Verse,” and other poetry journals and anthologies. His book, “Outside Providence: Selected Poems,” was published in 2016. He is also the author of seventeen nonfiction books and teaches English at a community college in Massachusetts.
Thank you!
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Thanks as well, Jack!
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