(believing my poems have been too subjective, <br />I'm going to try to stay out of this one) <br /> <br />***** <br />A man sat at a cafe': <br />say, that man over there. <br /> <br />No, he's getting up. <br />How 'bout <i>you</i>, <br />over against the wall, <br />wearing the orange cap? <br /> <br />I can't see what you're reading— <br /><i>(WAIT—KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF THE POEM!) </I> <br />The man was reading something. <br />He was deep in concentration. <br /> <br />Another man's body <br />blocked <i>a certain person's</i> <br /><i>(WATCH IT, YOU'RE ON THIN ICE THERE!) </i> <br />view of the book. <br /> <br />The man who blocked the view <br />had one of those disarming, nerdy faces. <br />He was with his wife and child. <br />Now they all got up and left, too. <br /> <br />The man in the orange cap, <br />it turns out, was reading <br />his <i>laptop</i> screen, <br />and typing. <br /> <br />What do you want him to be typing, reader? (choose one) : <br />a) an e-mail to his wife <br />b) a report on construction costs, for work <br />c) a post to a discussion group about sports <br />d) a humorous novel <br /> <br />Did you enjoy participating? __yes __no <br /> <br />ps: This is not the type of poem I usually write <br /><i>(HEY! KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF THE *#%&@ POEM!) </i><br /><br />Max Reif<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/trying-to-keep-myself-out-of-my-interactive-poem/
