The Mayday Messenger: Austin Roe
“Highwaymen, smugglers and redcoats too
roam our roads for targets true.
Predator or prey, which one am I?
Traveling trails, I’m a harmless passerby…
this is why my messages come through.
A phantasm on a horse is what I will be…
looking on my face, they know not what they see.
If I am found out, I’ll hang from a tree.
But my journeys’ ends are worth their rides…
freedom must live where tyranny abides.
And though my death may come at any time,
the path I choose is forever mine.”
---Michael Mauro DeBonis, October 6, 2017.
About the Poet: Michael Mauro DeBonis is a poet and a historian from Long Island, NY. A graduate of both SUNY Stony Brook (B.A. English) and Suffolk County Community College, Mr. DeBonis’ first work appeared in The Village Beacon Record and The Brookhaven Times Newspapers. Michael’s latest work (poetry and prose) may be found in the About the Author: Michael Mauro DeBonis is a poet and a historian from Long Island, NY. A graduate of both SUNY Stony Brook (B.A. English) and Suffolk County Community College, Mr. DeBonis’ first work appeared in The Village Beacon Record and The Brookhaven Times Newspapers. Michael’s latest work (poetry and prose) may be found in the New York History Review and The New York History Blog (prose only). Mr. DeBonis is dedicated to studying and to learning the history of the great State of New York. and The New York History Blog (prose only). Mr. DeBonis is dedicated to studying and to learning the history of the great State of New York.
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