Carla Drysdale
Found Poem on Facebook
Pay down your debt
A crash could eat up what
You don’t own
Stock up on Plan B for your daughters
Hard-wire your generator
Set up a rainwater collection system
Don’t go out if the sun is setting
Get a handgun or bear spray
Take care of yourself so you’re able to fight
Keep your passport up to date
Stay in Canada or France
Stock up on tampons or anything women will need
Rethink buying a house
Get an IUD now
Say yes we can, one red county at a time
Join a freeze-dried club
Marry a Canadian
Burn a Rump piñata
Keep a stash of vitamins
Buy an R.V. and learn Russian.
Get rid of inner garbage
Don’t retire early
Don’t buy a gun
Grab the cats and be ready to run
Prepare to shelter in place
In case of nuclear winter
Make breakfast an act of resistance
Carla Drysdale is the author of the poetry collections Little Venus (Tightrope Books, 2009) and Inheritance (Finishing Line Press, 2016). Her poems have appeared in Spiraling, Public Pool, Cleaver Magazine, PRISM International, The Same, LIT, Literary Review of Canada, Canadian Literature, The Fiddlehead, Global City Review, and Literary Mama, among other journals, and in the anthology Entering the Real World: VCCA Poets on Mt. San Angelo. In May, 2014 she was awarded PRISM’s annual Earle Birney poetry prize for her poem, “Inheritance.” Born in London, Ontario, she lives with her husband and two sons in Ornex, France. To learn more, visit www.carladrysdale.com.
SUBMIT to What Rough Beast via our SUBMITTABLE site.
If you want to support the mission and work of Indolent Books, consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Indolent Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity.
Join our mailing list to receive news, updates, and special offers from Indolent Books.