Personal Fitness Program
What if it were God who was the Original Sin,
and he’s been desperate to fix it ever since?
(October 14, 2023)
Parent and Child
We rewrite their lives
to more closely fit our own;
whisper to ourselves
what we had wished to hear
(October 14, 2023)
Chop Wood, Carry Water
“what if poetry isn’t enuf?
watcha gonna do then?
—Ntozake Shange
write the next line,
float along the edge
form thought to thought
without fear of being lost
(October 14, 2023)
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