As long as there’s work to do *he will keep you here
Skimming the surface
Community Connection
Neighbor to Neighbor
Love thy neighbor
Takes one to know one
Palms of our hands
Hearts & Mind
Eye of a needle
Sacrificial lambs
Strip mine
By land and sea
They’ve sucked the marrow out of all of us
Words that demand action
Ultimatum
Requirement
Unavoidable
Stipulate
Harass
Hound
Require
Command
Unremitting attention
Work harder
Fire is on the run
Rewind
Replay
Reverse
History repeats itself
Truth be told
It doesn’t have to
Read
Reason
Recite
The strength it takes to walk a tightrope
Core strength
Fighting for a soul
Soul of a nation
A nation of wounded souls
Souls united
Gather what’s left of our souls
Destroying a heartland
Hunters and gatherers
Heartbeat of a nation
Our leaders have failed the heart of our nations
They have to be accountable
Our last beacon
Even at our ugliest
Hope
Feed it
With a grain of rice
Raise our blood sugar
An injection
Revive the soul
Cracks where the light gets in
Student loans
Housing
Healthcare
Economic Justice
Social Justice
A
1
Word
Statistic
Took my blinders off
Red and Blue
Just like you
Cats are only semi domesticated
Patriarchy
Fascists
Hunter Gatherers
On the hunt for a Rino
Newsmax seeding fertile ground
Summer harvest is just around the corner
Wonder what we will reap.
From an untended garden
Reap what you sow
Red and Blue
Just like you
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
Passively pliable.
False prophets singing from rooftops.
Take them at their *word.
Words without action.
Words eviscerate a soul.
Words can’t move mountains.
Fragile hearts and minds.
Wiser words have never been spoken.
Murder.
She wrote.
Everything but the full kitchen sink.
Tossed the baby out with the bath water.
An American Minced Meat pie.
It’s gone.
The American dream
Superman wasn’t real.
Truth?
Help us gawd damn.
Liberty and Justice.
Empty words.
FaceTune America please.
Tweak her nose straight.
Cut out the offensive orange stain.
Remove the cataract clouding her eye.
Shaking off the anesthesia .
Sometimes we need to experience pain to be rid of it.
Torn up roads.
Set a mountain on fire
Poisoned fields and waters.
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray because
my soul weeps.
Mislead America’s *heart land.
My heart. My heart.
Sits on the side of a road
Sign in hand.
Our better angels
cry
Listen.
Patri-Rot homegrown.
You gave them something to entertain them.
Distracted us all
From the destruction
Of our own.
Transformative
Not performative.
Dancing monkeys on a leash
Breathe
Spun myself into a frenzy
Tossed so many balls I lost track
Attraction is THE distraction
Monkey on a leash
So many fucking channels
Overloading the airwaves
Muffling out the cries
Can’t believe what is happening right in front of our eyes.
First amendment
Our right to assemble
Quietly.
A homegrown terrorist?
Because we want healthcare?
Housing for our houseless?
Terrorists stormed a capitol
Terrorists march with guns in our streets
Focus
Eyes like a laser
Breathe.
Houseless.
Covid.
Winter.
Houseless.
Red and Blue.
Just like you.
Giving of Thanks*
The rule of law.
A Golden rule.
Ten Commandments.
Bill of rights.
Constitution.
Natural gawd given rights.
Just.
Words.
Guatemala.
America.
JustAss*.
A homeless man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his tent.
He has a welcome mat at the door of his tent.
He lives across the street from million dollar condos.
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps even if you don’t have boots.
Imagine.
Sleigh bells ring, are YOU listening?
Defund the police hurts their feelings.
Life, liberty and to pursue their happiness.
JustAss* only for a few.
And India rages against a machine.
While Paris lights my fire.
Tik Tok motherfuckers.
Words Hurt 