Semi-political, semi-personal, free associative and unrevised, following the 5-7-5 rule even though I KNOW THAT’S NOT A TRANSLATABLE THING so I don’t need to talk about it because I get it, really, I do. Now show me yours.
2016 by the Month
1.
First deaths of the year
drew a spine through the mountains,
north to south. And back.
2.
Women who bleed wrong
should be punished, shouldn’t drink.
Light returns on time.
3.
Too warm too soon and
the DNC. I always said
math doesn’t matter.
4.
The only flower
that blooms this month is purple.
It’s early, and yet…
5.
Something will always
find a way to grow. Before
burning there is always warmth.
6.
The dark can’t touch us
here. But light shows the shadows:
a month of rainbows.
7.
Everything that sits
still grows mold. Every moving
thing is a mirror.
8.
Each vein broken open
is a problem to be solved.
Each mile a lesson.
9.
What if those who leave
don’t come back? What if we don’t
let them fly at all?
10.
Ninety-two years and
she still says it’s a man’s job.
She doesn’t say why.
11.
Counting minutes, votes.
“November is about loss,”
I was told/I said.
12.
American roads
tell you there’s something to go
back to, till there’s not.
Ahhhh these are so wonderful ❤ ❤ ❤