Tagged: politics

t-minus eight days

t-minus eight days
till spring, and we have grudgingly
sprung forward, waiting

for an end to this nonsense –
let there always be more light
.
20230312:1010
y

somewhere near man-made

somewhere near man-made
borders, trees make a run for
it, refusing to

comply, to be complicit
in non-ideal conditions
.
20221011:2036
y

afternoon into

afternoon into
evening, vacillating
between whimsical

and triggering – america,
america, america
.
20220628:1859
y

fielding questions of

fielding questions of
home – a perpetual
crossing of borders
.
20220331:1237
y

somehow, we are all

somehow, we are all
americans until we
are not – immigrant

solidarity has always
been this fragile, unrooted
.
20211016:1045
y

the success of a

the success of a
rescue mission relies on
the degree to which

a person can acknowledge
the desire to be rescued
.
20210710:1018
y

we will always be

we will always be
between
nations,
unrecognized
badge-less,
denied entry
.
20210605:2142
y

for how much longer

for how much longer
might we shudder on opposite
sides of the same plate
.
20210520:1957
y

one year later, we

one year later, we
may have learned to tread water, but
we’re still hoping that

drained-pool politics will not come
for us as long as we’re kicking
.
20210218:2150
y

here and there, we will

here and there, we will
need a reprieve from all this
intensity – a

strand of memory twisting
around spring’s makeshift trellis
.
20210114:2025
y