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Will We Stand for This?
December 13, 2019

I want to rest on the shore
Until the urchins break skin
And the salt seeps in.

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America on the Brink  / poetry

The Difference Between Terror and Fear
December 9, 2019

To secure a future we must understand
The difference between terror and fear.
Walk into a room and hear a snake’s sudden hiss,
See it squirming in a dark corner, two reptilian eyes
Piercing darkness like fangs in search of your

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America on the Brink  / poetry

Chicago Youth Climate Strike: December 6, 2019
December 7, 2019

We adults know the future is bleak.
Have jobs, families, to-do lists.
Do what we can.
Know in our hearts that
It’s not enough.

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poetry

The Minimum Wage
November 30, 2019

There is an uneasy truce:
He wields the razor,
I pay the tip.

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America on the Brink  / poetry  / Uncategorized

Power
November 28, 2019

I’m not going to argue the absurd, argue
That things are bad or going to get better.
We live in an age of immutable belief shaped

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America on the Brink  / poetry

Don’t Let the Fascists Win
November 25, 2019

To write is to argue without evidence that beauty
pervades: the rainforest and the killing field,
sunsets and floods of acid rain on I-95.

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America on the Brink  / poetry  / Politics

Be Wary of Sadness in Dark Times
November 23, 2019

I notice my parents aging as I do myself:
Not at all, then in a photo, all at once.

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poetry

Life Can Be as Simple as This
November 17, 2019

When I leave, his sadness is simple:
He loves me here, close enough to sniff.
To him I am fragrant of  complete love,

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poetry

Lo Derrotado
November 15, 2019

Su mano es un derrotado
Castillo de arena o nube,
Una brisa caliente que se enfría,
Un latido de corazón acariciado por dedos
Que presionan el yugular de un cadáver.

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Without Context we are Lost, or Why Poems Need Footnotes
November 10, 2019

What if poetry were as recognizable to the general public as commercial jingles (The best part of waking up, is Folger’s in your cup), pop music, or celebrities?

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