Ambition
written by: Michael R. Burch
Men speak of their “Ambition”
and I smile to hear them say
that within them burns such fire,
such a longing to be great …
For I laugh at their “Ambition”
as their wistfulness amasses;
I seek Her tongue’s indulgence
and Her parted legs’ crevasses.
Michael R. Burch's poems have been published by hundreds of literary journals, taught in high schools and colleges, translated into 19 languages, incorporated into three plays and four operas, and set to music, from swamp blues to classical, by 31 composers.
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