020241107
if you be
accused of being
a snowflake
hang on
we want standardization in
the products we produce
the processes we follow
you are a
global citizen
not a product
you are a star
in the darkness
burn bright snowflake
the journey is far
and we move so slow
020241107
well we did a few things right
we elected to serve for the first time
two people with a shared identity
we, i heard while working from home
elected our first transgender person to congress
likely around the same time
my spouse was holding a student who
was dealing with how unsafe the world is
to those who say we lost because we
didn’t speak to those in the center
that we must listen to them and
meet them where they are if we want to win
are focused on the wrong ideal
and maybe I am too
we have to remember
very simply
if it isn’t anti racist it is racist
winning is never achievable
if we have won we are now the problem
before they hand out the medals
let us make sure we are on the street
let us make sure we are in the community
let us open our ears
let us make vulnerable our hearts
let us roll up our sleeves
020241022
i voted yesterday
today reflecting in haiku
culpability
moral, my vote, revenue
I am genocide
i am guilty
morally culpabile
choosing between ignorant evil
and a lesser evil i am still
supporting a system
guilty of genocide
in more than one incident
it has become systemic
020241006
oh for the day
when we elect
poets intentionally
their ability to evoke
feelings of hope
of love
of sorrow in a way that
builds reflection and reason
020241006
may the social norms
be ever in your favor
020241017
are there just too many words? Is that why we cannot label it truthfully
Generational transfer of wealth
Generate good will
Genuflect
Genuinely love one another
Generally learning from failure
Genetic adoption
Genomic mapping
my phone didn’t want to auto correct my inability to spell it - maybe that is why the truth cannot be labeled
is it too inconvenient, is this once again somehow about the price of oil
i don’t want to understand because I think it can be labeled acceptable
i want the truth
why can’t we call it what it is
when we said never again
these acts committed with a clear intent to destroy in whole… not just impart…
Genocide
020241017
some times you just wake up and know
it’s going to happen
the urge to pee
or maybe a bowel movement
so much pressure
it’s why calling it
Woke
is so apt
one movement you are dreaming
lost in a world of joy
purchasing without awareness
of what pain was caused to get you
that low low price
the next moment you realize
the racism of the system
the ecological damage causing mass migration
the bombs dropped on children’s play grounds
the bullets lodged in our collective future
the pain, the pressure the urge to rage or give up
awakened to the reality of the responsibility of the self governed
as pop culture would have us understand
with great power comes great responsibility
truth is an absolute necessity
keep those senses attuned to it
don’t turn away
do not look for the easy way out
it may be that this is
inevitable
human nature
but let us decide that with full understanding
maybe we can collectively find a way
to conquer and dominate
without so much pain
maybe we can honestly participate
rather than one day waking up
and finding that we are all suffering
020241017
i cannot dance
no no it’s not what you think
yes my dance is very limited
but that isn’t why i say i cannot dance
you see two megalomaniacs…
they dance very much how I do
and i don’t not look similar to one of them
and they are… well ass holes
so you see when i dance
i know that i too am an
ass hole
i need a new groove to save my soul
020241010
i speak only one language
but i hear the pain
in the voice of a fifteen year old
begging to be rescued
explaining that their mother has been
killed
i hear this second language
pain
i attempt to speak the universal language of
love
i fear learning to rage against the evil speaking only
fear, hatred, war
i read
every atom the tapestry of life
every life a universe
communication part of the answer
listening an equal part of speaking
020241005
i don’t know how to put it in words
then just say how you feel…
eight years old
a poster of faces expressing feelings
doesn’t cover
the pain
how do you ask
a nuanced question
about the structure
of a system that
watched your mother die
no child left behind
we can make sure
everyone suffers
quantity over quality
not even quantity because it isn’t number of days
it’s only the number of entries
missing the number of exits
the painful exits
the goal is not wrong
but the execution
is flawed
humans confronted with absolutes
with binary only rules will….
what am i feeling how do i say this
what’s the antonym of thrive
020241005
if you put
that much lead
in your food
you will be poisoned
instead of skilling up
we found a new material
we need schooling
our comprehension of the
second amendment proves it
020241005
i am not saying i am a moral person
but i understand the ethics
i know the difference
what is right
and what is wrong
and while i lie
i avoid pain not just my pain but shared pain
i will tell you honestly what is evil
020241005
comfort wears a hug
020241005
you talk about
happy path
you setup the
golden path
following you
i feel like i am on the
psycho path
020241005
i write from my pain
—and it is almost childish
and it is infantile
a Palestinian writes and it
touches God
020241005
i don’t write poems
these are lines of code
020241005
like sand
i filter tears
into salt free
ground water