from Fire and October
Sections from a poetry action. I wrote every day in 2023, primarily on subjects involving disenfranchisement and the environment.
Wrapped in sacred numbers and
Who will count the
Individual flames this season a
Desperate fortune telling the
String held between hands
Potential burning we
Release one
Loop at a time to
See who the new
Child will be a
Different burning time the
Fuel piled against
Remembering trees and
Ancestor blood the
Crack and crack of each
Year marker here in the
Controlled the
Stone rimmed
Here near the story telling
Danger the
Twitch and
Fret of things learned
Hard that
Cups and sings in a
Longtime contract time
Pulls apart along the seams an
Imaginary friend