Inquiry
My mother thinks democratic liberalism’s
run its course and she’s probably right.
run its course and she’s probably right.
Can we think our way through grit
through the tooth achy reality?
Reality tv started what befalls us now.
I point my finger and my point’s lost.
This is the night I start all of my poems—
the first’s a lullaby—shhh—the next’s on fire
but no one’s listening, sees it burning.
Lost names, missing table, place to defecate—
it’s not me but it will be soon.
Am I going to start gathering my things
and will my patience practice protect me?
I mean, at least it’s a way of thinking.
through the tooth achy reality?
Reality tv started what befalls us now.
I point my finger and my point’s lost.
This is the night I start all of my poems—
the first’s a lullaby—shhh—the next’s on fire
but no one’s listening, sees it burning.
Lost names, missing table, place to defecate—
it’s not me but it will be soon.
Am I going to start gathering my things
and will my patience practice protect me?
I mean, at least it’s a way of thinking.
My mother thinks democratic liberalism’s
run its course and she’s probably right.
run its course and she’s probably right.
Can we think our way through grit
through the tooth achy reality?
Reality tv started what befalls us now.
I point my finger and my point’s lost.
This is the night I start all of my poems—
the first’s a lullaby—shhh—the next’s on fire
but no one’s listening, sees it burning.
Lost names, missing table, place to defecate—
it’s not me but it will be soon.
Am I going to start gathering my things
and will my patience practice protect me?
I mean, at least it’s a way of thinking.
through the tooth achy reality?
Reality tv started what befalls us now.
I point my finger and my point’s lost.
This is the night I start all of my poems—
the first’s a lullaby—shhh—the next’s on fire
but no one’s listening, sees it burning.
Lost names, missing table, place to defecate—
it’s not me but it will be soon.
Am I going to start gathering my things
and will my patience practice protect me?
I mean, at least it’s a way of thinking.