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Reading Poems Written Half A Lifetime Ago
February 28, 2021

Mom has been cleaning the house I grew up in;
she’s mailed me a stack of old poems I wrote

by hand, back when I wrote by hand and carried pen and
paper at all times—just in case. The poems are no good…

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The Internet Is a Cesspool; God Bless the Internet: A Villanelle
February 20, 2021

Not much that goes viral is true
(what passes for truth these days?);
but let’s keep this between me and you.

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America on the Brink  / Be The Change  / poetry

Regarding A Corpse
February 6, 2021

I see no headstones, nothing
to mark a life, to reveal who
the corpse belonged to.

Was it held hostage,
a bouquet torn from the branch
bleeding into its vase?

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Eliminate the Filibuster: A Haiku
February 2, 2021

Flowers cuffed mid-bloom

haven’t time to be unfree.

The key glimmers gold.

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During a Nor’easter I Seek Shelter from the Tumult: A Haiku
February 2, 2021

In this white-capped wind
a kite can fly a lifetime
never touching earth

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Keep Your Wits
January 23, 2021

A terrible student, I was predisposed
to chasing phantoms into alleys, to seeing
carnations bloom in oil slicks: I once spent
a math lecture lost in a dream
where I planted a tulip garden in a landfill.

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Relief
January 20, 2021

Find joy in the little things:
the glint of rust on flagpoles at dawn,
or squeak of shoes on desecrated marble.
Imperfections I’d given up on.

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Another Ode to Dr. King
January 18, 2021

On the third Monday in January you’ll find me
writing an ode I can’t quite finish, like a New Year’s
resolution I’ll stick to next time, I promise.

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How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic
January 10, 2021

Sometimes, taking a break from the news and work,
I’ll spot the collected works of this or that poet
and, for a moment, have context for despair.

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An Unoriginal Love Poem
January 10, 2021

How hard to compose an original love poem
or anything, really, all of us talking and
tweeting nonstop, never has it been easier to read
or write, so why do we understand so little,

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