Between Me and You
I changed my name to
nothing in particular
you know now I don’t identify
with age, race and gender
wars will still blaze away
in powerful ignorant bursts
you share my story
which is nothing but your own
agenda, but there I go
still using I, me and you
floundering in obscure
words can be so
insignificant but they’re the best
we can use to illuminate
our bacteria riddled bodies
puny minds still trying
to distinguish a difference
between me
and you.
Press Send
Youth of today we pray
for YOU
and your generation
soullessly searching through your kingdom
come on Facebook
random updates will be done
in YOUR NAME
tagged in selfie posts of a thousand
likes and information is your bread and wine
shared among you
forgiving those who dare not enter
into eternal self promotion
but deliver you adoring admiration
that emanates from your wall
of power and glory that are yours
forever in the transient moment
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Mark Tucker is an Australian writer with a love of poetry and short-fiction who also contributes non-fiction irregularly as a columnist to runnerstribe.com. Additionally, Mark is a teacher and received his Master’s degree in education from Butler University (Indianapolis).