{"id":16292,"date":"2018-05-26T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=16292"},"modified":"2018-05-22T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:50:37","slug":"herb-kauderer-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/herb-kauderer-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb Kauderer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I Would Take <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
You Anywhere<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Let us not succumb<\/span><\/div>\n
to the American delusion<\/span><\/div>\n
of nature & ruralness.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
We are born of technology<\/span><\/div>\n
and live in cities<\/span><\/div>\n
with every amenity<\/span><\/div>\n
we can afford.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
I will gladly take you<\/span><\/div>\n
to visit the country<\/span><\/div>\n
and embrace wilderness<\/span><\/div>\n
& absence of civilization<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
but when we\u2019re done<\/span><\/div>\n
let me take you back<\/span><\/div>\n
to the city<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
back to the lights<\/span><\/div>\n
and restaurants<\/span><\/div>\n
and parks <\/span><\/div>\n
that package nature<\/span><\/div>\n
for the likes of us.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

 
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Herb Kauderer<\/strong> is an associate professor of English at Hilbert College.\u00a0 He won the 2017 Asimov’s Readers Award for poetry, and is the author of two books and thirteen chapbooks of poetry.\u00a0 More about him can be found at HerbKauderer.com.<\/a><\/div>\n
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