on lunch break

how nice it is to sit by the river and unwind, blink by blink.   you know your same-old view in the city: skyscraper tree tops that leave you wanting for a chickadee   where can I find just one bird? (the pigeons are beautiful, mind you.)   I yearn to hear a song; the waterContinue reading “on lunch break”

Blood

It is sacred– like limited water running across the Sahara I nourish every sip of forgotten holy land, hand born privilege unlimited love my face mirrors my father’s, gives thanks to my mother’s three-time-giving-birth- to-poetry that kept the old river running, just added some new water to the brink.   Family: it is sacred for never willContinue reading “Blood”

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