You see the shield with the star and stripes You find comfort in the impenetrable fiction. You wish you had a wall between You and them, you and it, you and him.   Lay down not just your sword, The words you brandish, The tweets you send, The silent, desperate betrayals.   Lay down your…Read more Taking Cover

The feather and the riot helmet, Water and steel, water poisoned It makes you sick, makes your eyes burn. It comes from a can, could come from the river.   They prohibited the potlach and the Sun Dance. At Standing Rock, people share, and people dance. They never left, never went, never died, Never will.…Read more Seven Councils Fire