A dividing line is crossed again
children scream as the monster once a child
attacks the town telephone poles twisted
crosses warped metal fences clipped
rounds of rapid-fire along salted roads
fields & inside the mortar … Read more
children scream as the monster once a child
attacks the town telephone poles twisted
crosses warped metal fences clipped
rounds of rapid-fire along salted roads
fields & inside the mortar … Read more
I know art can’t do shit,
and when budgets get cut
the arts are always on the block.
After the board meeting,
some teachers, students
and parents are left
to … Read more
Almost eight, Amy swims down the lane casually, in a zig-zag pattern,
kicking her feet so slowly they barely leave a wake,
eyes closed as her swim cap grazes the … Read more
A draft leaked from the bowels of SCOTUS
Putting our country’s women on notice:
States can own your womb, from cradle to tomb
No one can stop this, not even … Read more
The Tec-9 is fast and light, proved itself
at Columbine.
(our thoughts and prayers are )
The Glock’s another make will do you well:
Red Lake 10, 27 Sandy Hook, … Read more
Annapolis, MD commissioning week
it’s a tradition of the US Naval Academy
the Blue Angels entertain, show off skills,
an hour of stunt flying along … Read more
The bodies are piling up
again
as past becomes present
again.
A different time,
a different place,
different victims
and survivors
united
by innocence,
by grief
by failure,
failure
to … Read more
Cozied into my recliner–
the one with the prayer shawl
to lean into, wrap around shoulders,
when things get too tragic too often.
I turn on the 5:30 news
as … Read more
Bullets pump from the chambers of our magnum hearts
Lead and cordite course through our clotted veins
Poisoned blood singing songs of annihilation
Psalms of death
Our love on sale … Read more