One fish to fish Hook Hooker Bait Line and sink her Red fish Blue fish The bass drowns out The invisible shadow of a shivering minnow Dripping in silence outside the door Paralyzed screams Tapping gently for entrance Crushed between a string of greasy thumb nails Muted pauses Hold your breath over the bridge Till…Read more Bluefish
Shrink Rap
“Anybody who can move, can dance.” -Norma Canner
“It’s the mind that makes the body.”-Sojourner Truth
You Are Enough and Other Lies
If we were enough You would cease in Scraping our faces across The searing sidewalks Of existence Track marks Steamrolling civility of Eloquent boundaries Set alongside cups of tea Steeped in humility Quiet Plainly stated requests would suffice In saying what now requires Scarred and hog tied bodies Screaming pleading bleeding Tears drowned in Gaslight…Read more You Are Enough and Other Lies
BEDLAM: The Hole Truth
"We can't fix something that we can't face."- Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg Bedlam is both a book and full length documentary by psychiatrist turned author and film maker, Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg. The book was released in October of 2019. I found the documentary on YouTube last week. As per usual, Katy Perry's latest music video has…Read more BEDLAM: The Hole Truth
Tube Be
Breathe in Breathe out The breathless beast beeps Fluid life through the veins of night calls Cutting dreams Like a knife Through sleep and sanity The way it used to be Cloudy thoughtlessness Unintended tubes Replace Organic function Systemically oppressed Dirty genes because you chose to ignore What was right? In front of you Oh,…Read more Tube Be
Free
My devotion this morning was Free, ‘for you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters’. My first reaction was, have you seen things around here lately? I fight with God every morning, in part because I’m not a morning person, but mostly because s/he always makes me think. This is what I realized: Many of…Read more Free
Under Wait
Mass incarcerated index Prestigious, profitable Ignorance Has made prisoners Of us all Ignoring soul hunger Begging at Defeat Stupid Catholics prey On children Bathing birds Birthing hips To wash your sins away An eternity of tears Cannot erase this Invisible, insatiable monster Of compassionless greed Terrified Tories Insist We rise strong That which doesn't kill…Read more Under Wait
Push-ti
Push: Exert force Pushti: ConfirmationA potted plant can only grow as large as its container. Denied proper opportunities to expand, it will eventually begin to shrivel up and die as its roots are starved of nourishment and the space to flourish. In my kitchen, you can't open the fridge and the drawer at the same…Read more Push-ti
Love Notes
This is not an invitation to ‘good vibes only’. Choosing to actively Love, as a verb, is the hardest work we, as spiritual beings attempting to have a human experience, will ever do. Turning each other into verbal and physical punching bags through jokes, passive aggressive insults, degrading comparatives, volatile threats and reactive headlines is…Read more Love Notes
Dharma Snacks
My therapist said I looked like Carole King today. (Therapists have therapists.) Now I can’t stop singing, ‘I wanna be home again and feeling right.’ Is enlightenment ‘home’? Are we ‘home’ if we rent? Is home a person, place or thing? Listened to part of a dharma talk this morning on Right Desire...repressed wants and…Read more Dharma Snacks
Authenticate
Authenticate: Prove to be true or genuine Validate Verify In the quest for survival we strive to prove, validate and verify that we are. All my atoms have miraculously gathered themselves into the solid mass of a walking, talking, conscious being. I think I've come together quite nicely, incidentally. What additional proof do they need…Read more Authenticate
Born in Providence 