Congressman’s Warning
False systemic fraud
will lead to
blood spilled
— Congressman Pete warns
denouncing such rhetoric
obscene!
dangerous!
“More people will die
of craven propaganda
like this.”
(a digital bird told … Read more
United States of America
Hem-hawing
I loved the sweet little beachfront condo
where relocated with spouse
to live when our oldest of
three had two children
then when her grown family moved
north from chill … Read more
Still, I Rise
Still, I rise above the hot zones
that spread across America, like the heatwave
in the eighties when thirty-two deaths a day
from an act of God was a national … Read more
Old Growth
There is an emptiness to slender trees from which the layer of leaves
They’ve shed has only begun to melt into the undergrowth
Their youth … Read more
The Inheritance
Maybe it was in the genes Banneker inherited
from his ancestors, the Dogon, who, while the houses
of Lancaster and York ravaged the English countryside,
migrated to a southern bend … Read more
RAP RAP RAP
How many Congressional Republicans proved willing
to treat democracy like a pinata?
Nearly 200 flailed recklessly,
admits their own party’s Accountability Project (RAP)
grading efforts that upheld or weakened democracy.… Read more
Bearing Witness: An Open Letter to Darnella Frazier
“Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction
Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an … Read more
Is There Any Light?
Eyes skimmed through
the trending searches on Google
Oh, another one!
May their souls rest in peace
The wise brain started speculating
Who was he?
Black or White,
Asian, American, or … Read more
“Boulder feels like a bubble. And the bubble burst.” — Ryan Borowski, Boulder mass shooting survivor
When I first arrived in Boulder
I remember heading to the Deeter’s
boarding house—that was
almost sixty years ago,
on the “hill” as it was called,
an eager student looking… Read more
Let’s Address Our Aging Infrastructure, Man
The bridge to platitudes is girded by mass shootings,
paved with cancer and Covid, bolted with the alloy-
thoughts ‘n prayers we shorten to TP and roll-out
on comment feeds … Read more
Observations in a Supermarket
I pass pink roses wrapped in cellophane
and pick an orange, lemon, and a peach,
then bag an artichoke, Jerusalem strain.
I get striped toothpaste, … Read more
Death at a Rest Stop
A scientist tells NPR-
Vultures poop on their legs to regulate their temp.
A reporter engages this entropy in a teasing blurb.
She will tell us more later because
there’s … Read more
The Moon Goes Round Again
Covid riding the night sky. Dawn’s wakeup
a constant replay where I’m on a carousel,
a March hare at a carnival, round and round… Read more
Cat-astrophe
There was no denying it, the cat was a nuisance – yowling at night, rummaging in garbage cans, tipping over an occasional flowerpot, demoralizing the local bird population, and in … Read more