Cool in Your Code

Code Words: John Korduba

 

 

John Korduba is the poet for people who are bored by poetry. “Each poem is a soft tipped arrow aimed to brush past your funny bone and then bounce off your verse averse heart,” he says. As one of our Code Word contributors, the author of Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn will share his unique musings on life in NYC. Prepare to be tickled, New York.

 

Deli

 

The deli near my house

 

is run by immigrants

 

who sometimes misspell

 

and so

 

as I arrive for coffee

 

I see a sign that reads

 

“Sadwishes 2 dollars”

 

and for once

 

I am glad

 

I only have a dollar.

Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn

 

On the sidewalk I see

 

someone’s abandoned belongings

 

the most interesting of these being

 

a stone carved head

 

It’s a pharaoh, I’m sure!

 

hello your greatness

 

no vacant pyramids ‘round here I’m afraid

 

but take this jelly donut as offering

 

and remember me in the next life

 

when maybe

 

I’ll be asking you

 

for directions.

 

 

 

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