9: On Spiders
Saw a Golden Orb
Carefully stringing her web.
Delicate death trap.
Fruit Stripes
Fruit Stripes
Impulse buys at the register
in 1999 I chose gum for the
first time.
Fruit stripes—
a zebra on the pack
and temporary tattoos
all under $1.
5 cents went to World Wildlife Fund
$100,000 donated
Wish more companies
cared about causes that matter.
Roller Derby
Roller Derby
Spectating I watch
sisterhood slam
as a star races
skates screeching
with a toe stop pivot
to score.
The jammer
fast to avoid.
Striped helmet,
prepared to
break away.
Flash of colors
we pass players
point by point
the fans cheer.
Strength and power,
whip it for the win.
Golden Shovel for hr 10
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world, is also a confession of their character ” Ralf waldo Emerson
It’s hard to believe in people
When we see the harm they do
United we are not
Nothing is as it seem(s)
What will it lead to?
When will we realize?
These circumstances cause that
People fully believe in their~
Opinion
This too, I am guilty of
Leading us to questioning the
Many ways of the world
As perception is
A new way, to look at also
Another lesson in a
Silent confession
We are all guilty of
To shift out of “their”
As this life has built our character
#16 To Take Back the Night Again
To Take Back the Night Again
the clock strikes twelve and
like all good Cinderellas
it is time to flee the ball.
majestic filly’s high stepping gait
fades to field mice scurry,
gilded carriages, slump to fallow pumpkins.
celebration of collective beauty and strength,
withers to a handmaiden’s tale
as courts rule supremely over her body.
what took so long in coming
and seemed to some so secure
vanishes with the flourish of a judge’s pen.
Where do we go from here?