Talk to things that won’t listen
Judge things that don’t care
Make a difference in everyone else’s lives but your own
Apply yourself to something useless
Stretch to reach something nearby
Dream of dreaming
Collect someone else’s memories
Revoke your own permits
Welcome to being a poor non-white single mother
Designed to take the beatings of a sun
That is so far away
While praying for rain nearby
Oh, so sad. There are so many heartbreaks in the first two stanzas…like:
“Stretch to reach something nearby
Dream of dreaming”
And then then gut punch of the last stanza. I had to go back and re-read. Such power: “Designed to take the beating of a sun / that is so far away / While praying for rain nearby.” And “No Pockets” Wow. This is really powerful. I hope you will pursue a place for publication.