We bring you a new interview today, with Rodney Gomez, whose book Citizens of the Mausoleum, is being put out by Sundress Publications. Gomez is the author of several chapbooks, and his poems have previously been published in journals including Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Blackbird, Pleiades, Denver Quarterly, and Puerto del Sol, You can read some of Gomez’s poems here and here, and our interview with him here.
Today, we challenge you to write a poem that takes the form of a warning label . . . for yourself! (Mine definitely includes the statement: “Do Not Feed More Than Four Cookies Per Hour.”
Very often, most women (and it doesn’t matter if you have a job or not) are not financially savvy. They’d rather let the men (fathers or husbands) to take care of their finances, their investments and all the other boring money stuff than worry their heads over it. Occasionally, they may argue or fight to drive the point home that they’re in control. But more often than not, the season of bad temper is only a temporary phase, if all is well. Can’t blame the men for this one, can we? We, women (there are always exceptions) are quite happy not to have to think about where the money goes, as long as there’s enough to meet our needs and wants. We are clueless about the deposits, the insurance, the property papers etc. This poem is a warning to me. If you’re in the same boat, then do consider it as a wake-up call and act now!
Get your act together,
You should know better.
What’re you waiting for?
A change in the weather!
Snap out of your fantasy,
You should know better.
What do you want?
To pay the price of your fallacy!
Wake up from your slumber
You should know better.
What’re you thinking?
You don’t even know your account number!
Wake up girl!
Why wait till your world’s in a whirl?
Wake up before it’s too late!
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