Cal Freeman
A Public Access Show
Our county fair features a dozen crops.
My life’s a public access TV show.
Here’s where we store the yeast and knead the dough.
Here’s angular momentum in a top.
I’ll teach you how to tie a Windsor knot
in a phosphor-treated field where soybeans grow.
My life’s an amateur horse show.
I live on corn dogs, fries, and soda pop.
But let us go explore the River Raisin
in Uncle Viktor’s little fishing boat.
Throw on your waders and your Gore-Tex coat.
I’ll tell you of gobies’ proliferation,
why horses hang their heads down as they lope.
Shotgun on the pommel, gunwales, rope.
My life’s a public access TV show.
Here’s where we store the yeast and knead the dough.
Here’s angular momentum in a top.
I’ll teach you how to tie a Windsor knot
in a phosphor-treated field where soybeans grow.
My life’s an amateur horse show.
I live on corn dogs, fries, and soda pop.
But let us go explore the River Raisin
in Uncle Viktor’s little fishing boat.
Throw on your waders and your Gore-Tex coat.
I’ll tell you of gobies’ proliferation,
why horses hang their heads down as they lope.
Shotgun on the pommel, gunwales, rope.
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Cal Freeman (he/him) is the author of the books Fight Songs, Poolside at the Dearborn Inn, and The Weather of Our Names (Cornerstone Press 2025). His writing can be found in many publications, including The Glacier, Berkeley Poetry Review, and North American Review.
Cal Freeman (he/him) is the author of the books Fight Songs, Poolside at the Dearborn Inn, and The Weather of Our Names (Cornerstone Press 2025). His writing can be found in many publications, including The Glacier, Berkeley Poetry Review, and North American Review.