Knives can only cut the flesh.
They cannot pierce the Paris soul.
COVID crushes the continent,
While France must face religious foes.
disaster
8.26.20 – Uncomfortably Numb
Below the waist
Is wasted nerve
Severed from shots
To the back
Blake lives
But others don’t
8.25.20 – Basketball Distractions
In Wisconsin—
Of all places—
The smoldering embers
Of George Floyd’s murder
Were slowly cooling.
But with one
Flash of gasoline—
Shots to the back—
Kenosha erupts in flames.
The attraction of basketball,
In a far-off magical place,
Distracts and detracts from
What matters most of all.
We must suspend our attraction
Till this ends
And Black Americans
Can sleep.
8.24.20 – Be Safe LA
Between a rock
And another larger rock
Sits Louisiana.
Two storms approach
In unprecedented fashion.
Stay safe LA.
8.6.20 – Atomic Anniversary
Three score
And fifteen years ago
Our fathers brought forth
To the Asian continent
Death.
A drop of destruction.
A mushroom of mortality.
What sits in that hole
Are the ghosts of decision
And Peace Memorial Park.
8.5.20 – Beirut
Beirut’s shock wave stops
Lebanon’s heart. Explosions
Delivered by ship.
7.28.20 – Lives
7.9.20 – Kayne Promises Kanye Things
Twenty-twenty three
President Kanye takes a knee.
Musk at his side
The final COVID patient dies.
Kanye promises Kanye things.
6.3.20 – Foreign Storms
Mumbai hit by
Historical storms.
One hundred thousand leaving.
Cyclones pounding, heaving
Nisarga and Amphan
From ocean to land.
5.21.20 – Are We Lucky or Are We Dancer?
When is it good luck,
And when is it less bad luck?
Amphan was more mild.
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