My Body Cries Out
My arms crossed to stop the
Bubbling cesspool of blood
After the attacks on my soul
My body cries out in protest.
Hours go by in mindless pallor;
My heart … Read more
September 2022
Fifty minutes to sunset
they appear down the hill onto his land. Sticks metal pipes M16
no faces just eyes intent piercing the air. He held onto his hoe
the … Read more
To Zhina Amini
That day
a tired voice asks her
to free herself, dance under the city’s
weary sun.
She sings silently for freedom
and lets her beauty shine
across Tehran’s grey streets.… Read more
Lying in State
Celebrity cults on public display
from Academy Award ceremonies
to World Trade Center tributes,
farewell funerals to space station
concerts where droning bagpipes
shatter interstellar serenity; wheezing
bellows nurture reeds … Read more
Don’t leave me behind!
A coffee mug sleeve
Sat comfortably on
The opposite subway seat
Its manufacturer had labeled it well
“eco-friendly & recyclable”
But looked like
The coffee drinker’s divine maker
Had forgotten … Read more
Merrick at the Bat
My job is to call balls and strikes …
– Chief Justice John Roberts
The outlook was most sunny for AG Garland’s team
Trump’s legal gambit was on its face … Read more