Eternal Resistance
Breathe deep
Release / Relax / Rest
Tap into evergreen
Husband asleep alongside
Let tenderness flow
To Self To Partner To
Barky dog next door To
First-floor bros high fiving
Today’s agenda is to scribble
fill blank page with handwriting
top to bottom scrawl of script
looping as it wants to flow
Make rhymes or rhythms or
let lines slant away from each other
into something said anew
Now share the beauty
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| Creator: John M Lund Photography Inc | Credit: Getty Images |
To Save The Bleating Baby Deer Wobbling Into The Road Alone On A Dark Night
You’re the kind of cis white man who waved down a speeding car. Stopped by your
arms stretching up/out. Braked by your determination that nothing would be killed.
Wearing your white t-shirt that ¿why do you keep mending? It’s a rag. ¡Let me
use it to clean up. In your cargo shorts that will only ever be shorts; will never be
zipped into the form of pants again.
The driver probably tagged you Mental, decided Hobo. Fair enough. The barrier
between Chronic Pain and Craziness is as transparent as a white t-shirt washed
hundreds of times. The distance from Home to Homeless a partner with a paycheck.
These are the nuances lost at thirty miles per hour headed downhill.
A Naturalization Threat Neutralized
The ¿barber? and his esposa wore matching outfits
black guayabera shirts, black jeans
all-white linen separates
Venezuelan Nationals fan gear
Sure sign of a foreign agent
Soldier trying to blend in civilian
Have No Fear
That fake barber has been iced
he will never return to [us]
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Inspired by This American Life episode "Solving For Where" By Nadia Reiman
Sold Down The River
foamy blobs cover water
“Beaver Vomit” the kayakers call it
part decaying leaves
part agitated oxygen
part farm fertilizers
like egg whites beaten stiff then browned to meringue
it’s the price of progress
the sages shake their heads sadly
what’re ya gonna do?
apply pressure and they’ll threaten
take back their contributions
so we are left behind
part dead fish
part open sewer
part cancer unchecked
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Tasermiut Fjord Kayaking Exploration |
Nordic Aspirations
Great Leader wants [us] to own more fjords
[us] is sorely lacking in fjords
but with this acquisition [us] would be fjord rich
would become number one owner of fjords
By every measure of greatness
[us] would be fjord historic
fjord fantastic
fjord fabulous
fjord famous
fjord fulsome
fjord flourishing
fjord fancy
fjord fairest
fjord flawless
fjord finest
fjord fundamental
He Shall Separate The MENS From The WOMENS
here, only GIRLS hands shall rub together
twist faucet OFF
rip paper towel from holder
in bathroom mirrored to be one dimensional
stocked with the obviously definable
teeter-tottering between IDs leveled
and lo, it shall come to pass
the creeks shall flow clear
the fish shall shimmer
the animals shall skip
the meadows shall flower
and the loyal shall inherit Everything
Agency
Discovering our lives were made up
interwoven, fragile filaments ❘ networks of:
Good Morning / Good Evening
You Got Here First
You’re Welcome / You Betcha
I’m In No Rush
Excuse Me / How Are You?
Don’t Mention It / How Nice
Thank You Kind Stranger
I’m Glad I Could Help
I Appreciate the Gesture
Please, After You
You’re buying chips and a soda
while my cart is full
