#meltingpot
There are cracks in the mask
because there are cracks in the foundation.
Hazy,
what was it all like before we divvied our nation?
Mother's and children
helpless in separation.
Give me the good news
when all I see is complication.
Who decided what's ours isn't theirs?
Crossing, drowning, they're running out of flares.
May 2, 2021
May 2, 2021 at 8:47 PM UTC
Oil
Exhaust
Handstand theatre
In the back of a van
Underground avenue
Has the scent of
Stale black licorice
Melted into the sidewalk
The familiar odor of traffic
Is a pedestrian substitute
For the Old World charm
This renovated place
Paved over
Long
Ago
Feb 15, 2020
Feb 15, 2020 at 5:48 PM UTC
Surprisingly the dusted air
does not bring a gritty mouth?
It seeps sandy, into the recesses of skyscrapers,
gives bright blue pools a poxy composure.
Its probably why the buildings aren't white
but not why my teeth aren't
It's accompanied by muted roars,
a cacophony of humanity in the near and far.
Indians eating Ethiopian,
Pakistanis driving Chinese cars,
Arabs shopping at Bloomingdales,
Filipinos Filipinoing.
A city that embodies the glittering gold
of empty flats and abandoned offices,
the cushion covered loungers
and the overwhelming urge to jump
from the 26th floor balcony.
A squinted eye admires the Burjes.
A shielded glance is spared for the Mosques.
Their brilliance is solar, my sunglasses game is weak
and my neck is starting to get sore.
Jan 24, 2019
Jan 24, 2019 at 2:38 AM UTC
So many are filled with hostility
hostile world, we're living in
in a place of constant volatility
volatile minds, never giving in
this world needs new possibilities
possibly, we can fix this place
place me in a world of viability
viable living for the human race
will we ever sow the seeds of fertility?
fertile growth for all of mankind
mankind needs a brand new civility
civil ways should be re-defined
May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 at 2:55 PM UTC