I AM RESIGNING FROM THE WAR

I AM RESIGNING FROM THE WAR 
(A Slam Poem dedicated to Walter Davis) 
 
"They also serve who only stand and wait" 
John Milton 
 
I am resigning from the war 
I am resigning from the  
Peace movement 
I am resigning from activism 
I am resigning from  
The Democratic Party 
I am resigning from the Blue States 
I am resigning from politics  
I am resigning from voting  
 
I am resigning from charades 
I am resigning my membership in  
The Potempkin Village 
I am resigning from  
The Children's Crusade 
I am resigning from arguing  
With assholes 
I am resigning from the  
Usual dispensations 
I am resigning from angst 
I am resigning from resignation  
 
I am resigning from the  
Brotherhood of man 
I am resigning from any hope 
For the future 
I am resigning from the hope 
Of world peace 
I am resigning from the hope 
For a safe planet 
I am resigning from resistance 
To evil 
I am resigning from the search  
For Truth 
I am resigning from the hope that 
Tomorrow will be a better day 
 
 
I am serving by brushing my teeth 
I am serving by writing the  
Birthday girl 
I am serving by looking into the 
Eyes of strangers 
I am serving by doing nothing 
I am serving by placing a  
Dirty poem in a bottle 
I am serving by leaving the  
TV off 
I am serving by shutting up 
I am serving by walking out the door 
I am serving by watching that 
Bug crawl slowly up my window screen 
I am serving by standing and waiting 
 
 
I am serving by discovering  
Moment by moment  
A rebirth of wonder  
 
 
Robert Boldt 

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