November 14, 2023

i am living in dreams
this morning:

asking my Grandmama all the questions i thought of
at her memorial;
snuggling with my Mom, refusing to question why
her dying would be a test
that i passed
after six months of her gone;
exploring a Gaza un-riddled with holes;
and persuading governments
Not
to fund a genocide.

these are my
wildest imaginings in sleep.

July 4, 2023

watch out
i’m moody
i’m grumpy
i want to wear all black
mourn the death of this nation
that was never that great to begin with
but conceptually it had some nice ideas…

…is that the human condition?

everything looks pretty good on paper
but the moment it comes to actively
executing the ideas laid out
everything, everything, falls apart?