dear God
December 10, 2007
help us to understand
(not that we would change
anything)
God has no hands
December 10, 2007
God has no hands.
We are the ones
with the hands!
Aristoscale vs humanscale – a participatory poem by Christine, Jak, Qazse, and Z-freek
December 9, 2007
what if
we stopped
building mansions
what if
we began
to build ourselves.
our home
in our hearts
freedom
our home
in each other
humanity
our home
in love compassion
reality
pick any year
November 26, 2007
hand out condoms
November 14, 2007
hand out condoms
shelter people from abuse
talk to the lonely
instead we preach hell
build mansions
brick walls
self-test for fascist tendencies – item #3
October 26, 2007
You always believe
ends justify means…
until
October 20, 2007
colony collapse
restless legs
identity theft
tainted eggs
leaded Barbie
cancer genes
home invasion
tainted greens
diseased hearts
deadly sin
broken parts
tumbling in
tasered youth
speech bereft
monks for truth
what love is left?
popping pills
guns in school
glossy pages
skinny cool
homeless nola
no one cares
bullies at war
shiny wares
early risers
sound alarms,
can’t convince
of coming harms
Number one
September 27, 2007
Brainwashed –
water hose in my mouth
baptized from inside out
nine was was
September 9, 2007
It seemed a time of respect.
Skies were skies,
no chalky lines
of jet smoke –
only bird and cloud and flag.
Terrorism
was not yet entertainment.
Booty and bullets
disappeared from the screen.
Reflection and restraint
seemed a collective value.
Never to return,
we lived briefly
in the eye of a blood storm
