Persuasion in North Korea
Each of your flowers pops,
the art of
agitation, a subtle
dark alley
assignment, a
headache, just
business, a
paycheck
walls scaled to … Read more
Laurel Benjamin
DOPPLEGANGERS
I am Elizabeth. I live in North Carolina.
Ella es Isabel. Vive en Guatemala.
I live in a quiet neighborhood.
Isabel vive en un barrio notaria.
I enjoy my comfortable … Read more
Kenosha / Minneapolis
The vile kitten-mouse
Kyle Rittenhouse
weeps on the stand
and goes free.
We now understand
that George Floyd, had he wept
under Derek Chauvin’s knee,
would’ve slept
in his own … Read more
It Was Legal
It was legal
to shoot him in self-defense
because he put his hand
on my gun to defend himself
without lethal force
against the gun, I threatened
him with.
About
… Read moreBut Tonight
To Poe’s masquerade Death
came masked & silent
but tonight he comes
bare-faced & blustering,
boasting of freedoms
& falsehoods in a voice
full … Read more
For the Grands
To Timothy Snyder
In a few years before you cast your first ballot
for your candidate, whose rival has charmed
his way through the primaries by wrapping
himself in the … Read more
Living The Dream
In Camazotz all emotion has been eradicated
We go through the motions of a satisfying life
Doing everything in time and just right
Never lingering on the curves of love … Read more
As Greta Thunberg Says
We go on about
greening and building back better.
Our kids and grandkids say blah blah blah.
Corporations bandy about terms like
carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions.
Those who’ll pay … Read more
LAMENTATIONS
Today, I saw the earth stand still.
Thunder crashed and fire shocked the skies.
Skyscrapers toppled with a mighty sound.
Then smoke and … Read more
Britney Is Free
did you hear
Britney is free now
she uploaded her mind into the cloud
where she can live forever
Britney is free of the constraints
of being human
looks, weight, … Read more
9/11 End Game
19 of the 22 9/11 attackers
were from Saudi Arabia. So why
did we attack the Afghans?
The Afghans have not lost
a home game in over 2000 years.
The … Read more
The silence when no one’s around
He was at ease in the backseat of his sister’s parked car.
She waited for her husband.
She was also relaxed adjusting an eyelash in her passenger seat visor.
He … Read more
