Before
4/28/2022, Con/Jur/d

Before history started
sinking its proboscis    
fangs   stinger  claws
into us,       without 

reference to clock
time was told by
shadow   wind weather

Occasionally, when just       out
of reach of parents    others
the peculiar structures
of communal lies

the land and her biodependence
would speak  undo undone unknown
and we’d remember

stars  windless gusts lawless gravities
unfillable depth without the parasite
history everything emerges

shadow   wind  weather  land  parents others

communal lies                         bind us
we  forget    what we are   were      will be

Will Be
4/28/2022, Con/Jur/d

I don’t understand people who engage in risky behavior
she told me he said when it became obvious it was enough

Despite all of our best efforts, the strong winds knocked the
baby bird, unfledged from the tree so it could cry pitifully

Was wrong to compare sex and injury although both expect
particular physical manifestation and can arrive unexpectedly

He believed the information was attained via subterfuge
rather than an extractive process, paying attention to details

Not convinced being born is a safe option at  this scale although
at a far remove, what will be already is and doesn’t require chance