Trample, though not unwelcomely, its voluminous carpets;
A bed: freshly and morning-made to lovingly crush
The ground becomes the natural molcajete to the foot
And the new-released fragrance rises around your body
It has never been pitched into stormy bays
It has simply waited; been and seen
For years long before its tempestuous, colonial cousin
And its incense of inflorescence shall wait still,
For the feet of those who, perhaps curious, tread well after.
Banging through the street is he;
Passing through the street is me;
Passing across the banging, I see:
An old brown man, clutching many
Nails in his old brown hands,
But maybe with just as many
Nails in his old brown head
To sit at the table with Goldman-Sachs
Except for that he was born with the
Nails in his hands
Where others were born with the
Nails in their heads.
To the San Antonio City Council, Economic Development Board, and Department of Cultural and Creative Department:
Save our culture. Save our identity. Save our Strip. Continue reading “Petition to City of San Antonio: Save Our Strip”
Among the urban core of San Antonio, the idea of a Trump presidency usually provokes one of two responses. The first is ridicule. It’s great fun to poke at Trump’s cartoonishly hyperbolic litany, but as I sat watching the presidential debate at Burleson yard last week, the crowd seated among benches and picnic tables struck me as indistinguishable from a similar group watching videos of kitten antics. The gaggles of young men “bro-ing out” over their common disdain and couples tittering into each other’s ears preceded time enough to critically analyze the individual arguments presented by the orange one. Continue reading “Fear and Powerlessness in the Shadow of Trump”
After a long and painful debate, I’ve decided to put out my first work into the world. REASONS is the collection of a decade of work, composed as a thematic anthology. It will only be available by donation in electronic in print formats during the support campaign, and includes content that won’t be available in mainstream distribution.
If you’ve enjoyed my work so far, please consider supporting this work. Your help will go beyond funding the print and publication of this title, it will establish the foundation for future titles such as Bones, Interceptor, Subjunctive Mood, and other titles you may have seen snippets of progress on this blog.
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Thank you, readers, for your support!
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