stfu betsy devos

Can’t believe u have the gall
to pretend the final straw arrived
in the form of a sea of red hat terrors
taking baseball bats to democracy, now
as if you could grow a conscience
in four-year’s time
Or maybe you can
but not while perched on a sky-high velvet throne
being spoon-fed lies and crumpets
digesting them
then making the same depraved decisions
that got u there in the first place

any educator
(tho we kno u r only figurehead)
would understand the basic math
of how
red hat + baseball bat + confederate flag
= terrorist
maga -> mob pipeline
Only differentiated from the kkk
and the slave patrols
by the color of their hats
One roiling violent mob
providing the starter pack
(semen, eggs, entitlement, hatred)
for the next
bleeding into each other
across the sands of time
blowing in a massive sheet stretching thru this nation’s history
How much id love to shake out that sheet
and maybe fashion it into a sail
or tuck it around the president’s bed
short-sheeting him
or maybe just fold it tidily
Tuck it into a chest (not cedar)
and wait for the moths to do their thing

off_the_rails

The next 10 years of my life is a can of condensed milk

in the mini fridge next to my bed to be used in case of emergencies 

like needing to not get enough sleep. 

Before sleeping I crack it open and take a swig for a rush,

racing thoughts erode my teeth, creating gaps for my mind 

to slip through my guard rail adult braces and into chaotic buoyancy.

 

UNBROKEN ESSENCE

 

The Black Friday face wash 

smells like dried spit

“it’s so incredible that we can heal”

my new thing being 

here I am just like

there you are

the brave confession

lands softly

like a stone that won’t skip

but shows new stripes

sinking underwater

green as secret life

of sky