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"How can we live without the unknown before us?" (Rene Char)

Via Negativa Daily Digest

Gingerbread

Written by Luisa A. Igloria on Nov 29, 2022 12:00 am
Perhaps the worst sin of all is stuffing
your face and doing it faster than anyone else.
           Perhaps it's putting on an air of studied
indifference while floods wipe out bridge spandrels,  
stretches of highway collapse into sinkholes,
           and neighborhoods turn into food deserts. Or
perhaps the very worst of all worst sins is conveniently
looking for something or someone else to blame, 
          so as to absolve brokers and football coaches 
who start foundations but pocket most of the millions 
donated. Perhaps a wolf in wolf's clothing isn't just 
         fashion that's trending: perhaps it's really a wolf 
taking up residence in the house built in a forest of lies, 
the sickening scent of sugar dripping from every tree.


Self-Verification

Written by Dave Bonta on Nov 28, 2022 08:33 pm

old gray body
bound for no grave

for no grave
has issued us visas

and i am a law-
abiding citizen

which is to say i suppose
the law is my abode

so this carcass of mine
has standing

and grows more
and more abstract

taxed and insured
vaccinated and boosted

password-protected
two-factor authenticated

but is it bound for glory
i could use a ride





 
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