Many parts of real life
have been poorly implemented
tools and frameworks originally
created for very different purposes
Plant lots of fruit trees so the
homeless have food and shelter and the
weather will get better
intersecting with money and power
the way you might intersect with a train.
a couple of glitterpunks move in to comfort her.
"What is happening to this country?"
my poem is my country
my home country
and my country is poor.
"When she saw things she didn't
agree with and didn't like, she
would draw you in and explain why
she didn't like them
and what needed to be done,"
her daughter explained.
"Starting" is a lie.
So is "over," if you
interpret that to mean
"no longer."
It can be
over but
still exist at the same time.
I told you I saw a black female chemist speak
with her two tiny daughters in the front row
she was the conference organizer
and one of the most respected scientists there
she would sort of effortlessly play with
and quiet down her children
while talking about science,
respond calmly to their heckling.
It was pretty much
the most inspiring thing in the entire universe.
dreamt that I ran: my body was a regicide,
he must be dismembered – but suspend the execution,
repeat the sentence.
To proceed in a hostile world,
call it an experiment. Admit
you don’t know how to do it, ask
for space and peace and respect.
Then try your experiment quietly.
There is no technology for justice.
There is only justice