…Tear gas and rubber bullets
Erupted only to repeat again…
I can’t think of you
squishy weapon
aggressive tires.
I was stood up
earlier in the same location.
…National guard troops arrive
post haste under tense conditions…
Where is my poet
where is my human
that doesn’t play a double
life as a vacuum cleaner?
…The illegal immigrants who were
Working in airports…
I thought you were different
I was sorely disappointed.
…Take the opportunity to make the situation
So much worse, joining the fight
against law enforcement and the federal government—
We’re losing daylight…
Escape is not possible
Gaslights are shining all over LA.
…The night emboldens them…
Equally spurred on
I drove two hours up a mountain
for you to tell me of my own delusions
thing is you created them,
You created them
a thousand years ago
and I come home
the rhetoric is repeated.