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Teetering in Space
Dancing through the mire of time
We long to embrace
Eventually we'll get implants
to sedate and
make us compliant.

There is no choice here
we have to fight them,
be defiant
buck the system.
kid: what are those words?
me: I'm writing poetry.

kid: party tray?
me: poetry.

kid: polo tree?
me: poetry.

kid: poe uh chee?
me: close enough.

I love it like when people sing incorrect lyrics. But more, because kid has the cute and is missing a tooth.
 May 2017 Hannah Jones
Stu Harley
thy
heart
cast
a
stowaway
upon
the
ship of love
while
It
lean
towards
the
dark wine sea
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