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Was the eight billionth baby Born while her father looked out the window At the year’s first snow? Or in Continue reading
Was the eight billionth baby Born while her father looked out the window At the year’s first snow? Or in Continue reading
I tried to enjoy the children happily crafting at formica tables, running into the stacks and back to grab a Continue reading
Walking through a cool September morning Past webs the spiders built up overnight Breathing in the garden’s gentle dawning As Continue reading
My feet leave shallow pools in the damp strand Where narrow beach meets overlapping waves My shoes in my hands, Continue reading
As events unfolded, surrealBefore our horrified eyesI spent the day unproductiveGlued to the internetlacking concentrationClumsily thumbingoverlapping text conversationsbetween groups of Continue reading
After the riots After the deaths After the assault on democracy They sent in the cleaning crew And vacuumed the Continue reading
Each death was a stand in Joplin For the deaths we watched nightly on TV Morrison For the brothers who Continue reading
George Quintonio Ahmaud Laquan Our nation’s crime is lynching Say their names Rekia Paul Raye Brian Kajuan It is not Continue reading