• Poetry

    To California, Wine, Politics, Turtles, Nihilism, and My Heart, by Adam Scheffler

    After Kenneth Koch

    What a jumble,
    I don’t know if it’s a good idea to have all of you here
    Especially you wine and politics!
    Though you my heart and turtles go together always
    And even politics and turtles sounds good.

    But in any case here you all are:
    I wake up and my heart is holding you all like a shopping cart
    Full of hasty impulse purchases

    With California sticking out the back cartoonishly
    Amidst the wine it’s known for
    And politics snuggling next to but never quite touching nihilism,