My daughter is boycotting
companies that lie to her
or steal from her.
On her hit list so far:
Comcast, Apple, Hertz, Commerce
Insurance, Walmart, Sorrento’s Pizza
and a local gas station.
I warned her
that she’s going to run out
of stores and services
by the time she’s my age.
Fuck ‘em, she said.
Michael Estabrook is a baby boomer who began getting his poetry published in the late 1980’s. Over the years he has published fifteen poetry chapbooks, his most recent entitled Bouncy House. His interests include history, art, music, theater, opera, and his wife, who just happens to be the most beautiful woman he has ever known.
A Quiet Courage 