Poetry shines a dangerous light . . .
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Dangerous Dan
I once thought poetry could change the world. It doesn’t.
Sent with good intentions out there on the road to hell
if one happens to get past the daily censors
starting a little fire causing a tiny dustup
they just shoot you full of their own version of venom
as if to top off your antidote with more disease.
The only reason to write a poem is to cure yourself.
Maybe that’s why poetry is dangerous.
– James Allen Bethel, “Dangerous Dan,” in Unless Rain, Cervena Barva Press, publication pending.