Two Poems
Christopher Parks

You Have to Be Aware of the Punctuation

Go swimming
at High Tide.
You have to be careful
of the undertow.

Maybe
you should not
go swimming
at High Tide.

Write down all
that comes out of your pen.
You have to be aware
of the punctuation.

Maybe.
You.
Should.
Not.
Write.
Down.
All.
That.
Comes.
Out.
Of.
Your.
Pen.

Write or swim
when you are drunk.
you do not notice
how cold it is.

Maybe
you should
be
drunk.

WWJD (Chapter 1, Verse 3)

Jesus would apply the cream
to the infected areas only.
Jesus would decide upon a dachshund
instead of a golden retriever.
The golden retriever would be sold to a couple
that planned to relocate to Provincetown, MA.
Jesus would pass through Provincetown, MA,
but he wouldn't want to live there.
All of the streets have the appropriate turns.
They never seem to get you there.
Jesus would search the classifieds
for a good washer/dryer combination.
History always finds a way
to turn into not history.