THREE POEMS

What Is a Leftist? when white supremacistsproudly enunciate murderwith the hard R like a butcherknife splitting crosshairsbetween palatable resistanceand acquiescent silent gesturesor maybe i should askwhen we stopped believingin tomorrow’s ability to bloomfrom the palm of our fists tightwrapped around pitchfork politicsor when did we stop tryna be dangeroushow dare we shout optimismbut practice helpless acceptancewhat good is hopewhen either way i sit stagnant withoutconviction to rectify the persistent howlsof emptiness in my neighbor’s belly Instead of Raising Wages the Gov’t raised the roof clean off an entire Black section of the cityinflated gas prices to the size of a senator’s helium egobuilt an unstable bridge made of worn hundred dollar billsover the atlantic to make a plantation(democracy) of new territorysent a blank check to a settler colony and said make a wishsent…