Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
...
I will keep
Broken
Things:
The big clay
...
My desire
is always the same; wherever Life
deposits me:
I want to stick my toe
...
Be nobody's darling;
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
...
When they torture your mother
plant a tree
When they torture your father
plant a tree
...
(You supply the pictures!)
I get to meditate
in a chair!
Or against the wall
with my legs
...
Going out to the garden
this morning
to plant seeds
for my winter greens
...
She is the one
who will notice
that the first snapdragon
of Spring
...
Did you ever understand this?
If my spirit was poor, how could I enter heaven?
Was I depressed?
Understanding editing,
...
If I was President
The first thing I would do
is call Mumia Abu-Jamal.
No,
...