Hobbled

Hobbled

Trying to get home, 
stuck with a monitored car, 
unable to speed. 

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Sorrow

Sorrow

Empty, and stripped bare.
Momma, Papa, eggs
all gone…
save two…
shattered in the remnants
of straw, string, and feathers
that once promised a happy nest,
a happy future…
the site of 5 little goslings
lined up in a row
as momma and papa lead them on,
to the delight of those watching.
A row that will never exist,
delight that will never manifest,
all seized in the night,
dashed upon the pavement.

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Morning Prayers

 

Morning Prayers

Before Iron Rites,
candles lit, wine poured, praising
Gods and Ancestors. 

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Forecast

Forecast 

Armchair weathermen 

painting the apocalypse 

for the coming storms. 

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Where is Iustitia?

Where is Iustitia? 

No justice, no peace.
Every last politician
has blood on their hands. 

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Fragments

Fragments

A hometown visit,
cleaning, talking to the dead,
others...and myself...

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Wistful

 Wistful

Soft alabaster,

Sparkling browns, a fast bright beam,
Time too far removed...

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