Tagged: stolen
the yuzu plant that
the yuzu plant that
came to live with us last spring
sprouted thorns in year
two, a safeguard against the
bird or human who stole our fruit
.
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in every corner,
in every corner,
there is an us versus them
mentality – you
speak of cultural exchange
as if power were not involved
.
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to the bunny in
to the bunny in
the backyard, our grass is your
grass, so stop eyeing
the veggies and fruits of our
labor, grown from twice stolen land
.
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to acknowledge that
to acknowledge that
power was extracted is
the beginning of
a reckoning, a decision
to be held accountable
.
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perhaps time does not
perhaps time does not
only steal away our child-
hood – maybe it is
more sinister, offering
us everything twice-stolen
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: sinister
the alarm goes off
time carries off
time carries off
each second like
an abductor–
duct tape, blindfolds,
getaway car and
all – you, too,
cannot explain
why you shiver,
untangle
what you saw
.
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sixty watts into
sixty watts into
a stolen conversation,
an unexpected weight
.
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