DECLARATION OF JUBILEE
That redemption exists as destruction (of debt) rather than as repayment
‹In this Issue›
we’d like to propose—
our calendar—january 1st to new year’s eve—is shot, riddled (why??) / with death.
I AM BRINGING THE HISTORY OF THE KITCHEN SINK INTO OUR BEDROOM AND YOU CAN’T STOP ME
The fear is: the chalk of our origins will not smudge.
A Poem On Not Writing Poems
why force fit my words to capture / the state, its terror, this state of terror
Don’t Go to War
This shadowless dragon is incomplete / So he strives to set the tall trees of the motherland ablaze.
Spotlight
Against the Drums of Death
In Venezuela, listening to the pulse of grassroots resistance belying the notion of a vanquished socialism.
What Her Hands Do
I will never forget how her hands cut melody lines out of air, sharp and precise as a tailor turned sword-warrior.
The Cold Violence of Compliance
Fighting for accessible childcare in the nation of personal responsibility.
