Three themed poems by David LaBounty

Three poems
by David LaBounty
Theme: Commuting



A Poem About Coffee and Pretension


starbucks in my hand

public radio in my ear


and the seat is cloth

and not leather

and a crack runs

across the windshield

just this close to shattering


and my truck


springs and body

sagging and rusting


and I realize my ass

may be ripe but

it is far

far

from soft.

*******************

Traffic, Blood, Work


some say

do unto others


some say

an eye for an eye


some say God

is just and exacting


some say

God is love


and none of

it rings true

as you

drive to work

listening to

the radio

full of pop

and talk

and ads

for hair

care products

and cars

because

you realize

you're just

a drop in

a bucket

of blood

and sweat


or maybe


just a link

in a chain

of ants and

sheep


or maybe


cattle, just

waiting


to be slaughtered.

********************

The World is Indeed, Crowded and Small


a lack of interest

tells me there

are more

writers than

readers


and this morning's

drive to work

full of

horns blaring

and fingers

waving

tells me


there are more

actors than

stages or screens.


Author bio:

David LaBounty lives in Michigan with his wife and two young sons. His poems have appeared in several print and online journals including Thieves Jargon, Zygote in my Coffee, Word Riot, Dogmatika and Unlikely 2.0. He is the author of two novels, The Trinity and The Perfect Revolution. He is nearing completion of his third novel tentatively titled Affluenza; it's about debt, pyromania, sexual addiction, vanity and consumerism told through the financial rise and fall of an insurance executive.