Bum of the Month Club by Bart Edelman

Congratulations are in order!

Recently, you were elected

To the Bum of the Month Club,

And it wasn’t even close.

If your mom were alive today,

She’d be proud of you,

Fulfilling the destiny she predicted,

When you showed early signs

Of promise way back then.

Dad, though, had higher hopes,

Before you proved him wrong,

Flunking out of a college

You never sought to attend,

Where your sister graduated,

Summa cum laude, no less.

Mishaps plagued later progress:

Demotions and dismissals galore—

One addiction after another.

Who says there isn’t steady work?

Now, you’re settled in nicely,

Part of a distinguished group,

Recognizing your true calling.

Home sweet home, at last.

Bart Edelman’s latest poetry collections include The Geographer’s Wife, Whistling to Trick the Wind, andThis Body Is Never at Rest: New and Selected Poems 1993 – 2023.  He lives in Pasadena, CA.

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