I’ll be brief, for we are both busy
and the calendar Gods have laid waste to
that idyllic peace which, if we’re honest,
is as foreign to our forebears as to us.
But the thing
about the apologue
of the frog in boiling water
is that it’s scientifically false
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Terns carry no pass- port, respect no borders, write long-titled haiku – Read The Family-Separation Files here
I play the saddest song I can find,
for it is sadness that keeps me alive
though I am weak and oft unkind.
I am no less a propagandist than you. I understand the impulse to
spend hours at a sleepy train station for the chance to…
After work, I rest in the wispy warmth of a waning
December sun. On the table by the window, piles
of half-read books leer at me and I at them.
In the fading light, a hawk swoops by, hungry.
Hungry, I reach for my phone; looking down,
I spot a pile of dust, make a note to sweep it up
Unfortunately, many of us, especially activists and other change agents, understand far too little about what works and doesn’t, why some protests fizzle out and others lead to transformational change.