Tenacity, or Woopiedoo for the Finale

Louie Crew

 
Hattie always was a survivor.
 Even when fuel ran out,
she cut her rugs
 to make thick coats for all of us
and pedaled through alleys foraging our food.
 
When the fall-out killed the rest of us,
  armless and with only one leg,
Hattie was one of the 25 folks left,
 battling with ants on the Mohave
for a last supper.

Louie Crew, 72, an Alabama native, is an emeritus professor at Rutgers. He lives in East Orange, New Jersey, with Ernest Clay, his husband of 35+ years. Crew has edited special issues of College English and Margins. He has written four poetry volumes: Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) , Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2003). The University of Michigan collects Crew’s papers.

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