Poem of the Day: Take Me Out to the Go-Go

2 / 15 / 2015

Poem of the Day:  Take Me Out to the Go-Go BY THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS Nikita zips across stage Trailed by a troop of white-gloved One-wheelers: Killer Joes, The 12 & Under Crew In disguise. A sixth sense guides him Beyond darkness. An Inner voice says when, Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, I'll tell you when. A constellation of funeral homes. Jumpsuits. Red & white Ribbons in the sky. The total Groove, a carnival of roses Circling the moon. Mere call & response Never knocked socks this way, Lifting nicknames & dates From the faces of tombstones And mere call & response never will. God climbs inside, Asking for souls— Something we weren't taught to share. Thomas Sayers Ellis, "Take Me Out to the Go-Go" from The Maverick Room. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Sayers Ellis. Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press. Source: The Maverick Room (Graywolf Press, 2005) THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS Biography  More poems by this author