Tag Archives: social criticism

remark

Conversation can be just so polite; we comment on the weather and daylight and the cards we play as if the whole array is with us every day— and it is. Looking at the whole constant stream can be like … Continue reading

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environmentalist

I insulate; I pound my chest; seek power from the sky; I polish up my SUV; and still you ask me why the earth is in rebellion and ice is melting down and soil is blowing off the fields— and … Continue reading

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internecine

decide to walk or ride outside our comfortable walls: gaze avert scope straight ahead ears close down secure brains stay alert but chakras tight for all outside is only pain: thief, murderer, rapist, sinner as we see them so they … Continue reading

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