Vicissitude
Clean the earth with bleach
Scrub the tears from the bed of the well
Pray the penny becomes anew
Wish on tomorrow only
if the coin floats heads up
though wishes wire-tied to metal fans sink [Emmet Till]:
wishes for breath [Eric Garner]-
wishes for death to lift its weighted knee [George Floyd]
wishes for legs to out-run a familial game of hunt [Ahmaud Arbery]
wishes for birds’ eye-witness testimonies [Christian Cooper]
wishes for a bed to not turn graveyard [Breonna Taylor]
wishes to crank handle
rope &
bucket to draw a
voice
wishes to stop wishing on loose change
yet prayer is only known when the wind is loud
water becomes red
well overflows
unravels earth
excavates statues
longing
for the revolution &
floods the hole with
song moan curse shout [Zong]
fight revolt throw burn
swim build live joy
more.
