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how to not sob on the bus
because your neighbor is facing a night outside
and october’s temperature is dropping quickly
and your own roof leaks anyway
but not above your bed anymore so it’s not half bad
and you saw your neighbor leave the liquor store
down a 99c bottle and chuck it at the parking lot
suitcase trailing behind him as he walked away
from plastic on pavement
and you think fuck i’d be pissed too!!
fuck i am pissed too!
what do you hold onto when nothing holds you back?
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i want a president who’s late to work because the bus never showed!
i want a president who made more in tips than she ever got paid!
i want a president who’s foraged dinner from a food desert!
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hot water flows into my home via tap
i am conscious of how much i use, but
how conscious, really?
could i measure it out in buckets?
could i carry it home?
how willful is my ignorance?
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how to appreciate a sunny day
but not too much you forget
when has it ever been eighty
degrees on election day?
how to make small talk
about stickers instead of shouting
my rights mean nothing
if they are built on someone’s grave!
what do roots hold onto when floods come?