You Say

You didn’t come for healing You say You are already healed You say You understand it all You say The world is insane but you You say You can see This is what I say You are not healed I am not healed No one is healed Some are healing As long as there is Violence We are not healed As long as there is Rape We are not healed As long as there is Government We are not healed As long as there is Prison We are not...read more

Liquid Animal Ocean

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Despair

She trembles with fear Her hand shakes As the wine glass is raised to lips Ever thirsty Ever quenched Ever dry Ever hungry Ever spitting Foulness and stench All the children have been killed The mothers too She is the last one Some were killed with hatred and violence But most were simply neglected Until they ceased to exist She is the last one and She fears for her life And yet, For her death Sometimes she wonders...read more

Approaching

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What There Isn’t and What There Is

There is no deep forest to explore No high desert chalky sunset colors purple and peach No great expanse of lawn dotted with morning deer grazing No gardener’s palette and beyond a creek or the staying summer sea There is only a yard surrounded by a decrepit fence creaking in the night breeze a hole dug for a pond full of weeds a few tomatoes But the winter compost is rich, black and hot and steams through...read more