The Old White Dude's Song

Have to wrench myself away from Facebook.

Doubt if my posts are very helpful.
Mostly, I want to defer to POC and younger folks.

I am a person of luck.
My perspective is probably not helpful
to those you are trying to audit the books

of privilege; better I defer to POC and younger folks
for clues about how I should think about the dreadful
times we’re living in. Facebook

is just a gold brick,
everyone clamor-clambering to be among the kind and helpful.
I want to defer to POC and younger folks

for direction about what tasks I should undertake,
or even if I can be helpful
at all. But it’s OK for me to post poems in our little Facebook

group. They also serve who only micturate,
said Milton, in a post that feels very helpful
to me today as I browse Facebook,
occasionally sharing posts from POC and younger folks.