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TEA & MEMORIES China teacups, lined up like sentries, Guarding ancestral stories. Jack teaching his grandchildren  We are made to be well. Emily passing on her baking skills And slipping us mad money. Amber liquid spilling into a saucer From tremors in what were once such strong hands. Memories spilling over me With every cup I drink. The feeling of being safe. Cherished. Loved. I wouldn't trade them For all the tea in China.

The canine crooner, the "I" in "You and I and George", everyone's favorite furry pianist-- it's... Rowlf!

Who Needs These Stories There is a reason teachers are Some of the first to go; Vilified in the Propagandist’s artistry. Power is so good at lying. And Poets, well, deny a visa or Cut off a hand. Forget Poetry is an oral art. Songs, Silence them. Buy up the media Conglomerates and fire The comedians or disappear Them. Fascism hates Art for all the Right reasons. It Is the anti-propaganda. Logic to undo the emotional Wreckage and pull Feeble minds from the fire.

Gonzo!

A section of Jarvis Rockwell's Us installation at Mass MoCA 2023 Rebel Scum Inspired by Us  by Jarvis Rockwell We, a parade of two, the day I escorted you to A New Hope , and The usher gifted you with Luke Skywalker. We could navigate Tatooine Just fine - your tiny hand In mine. You grew to amuse Yourself for hours;  as I wrote you Lined up Legolas and Leia; orchestrated Battles between Orcs and Elves, Sith Lords and Rebel Scum. Toys lined up on your bedroom Carpet. Solitar

Untitled Inspired by Kelli Ray Adam’s Forever in Your Debt We all pay for tenderness; Listen over morning bowls Of Rice Krispies popping And the AM radio static. Your coffee pot a spectator Brewing all day long as You dodge upstairs to write A sermon or to read A poem. I am forever in your debt. Those Saturday nights marking the Clickety-clack pace of your typewriter As it quickened and slowed.  Scent Of purple ink whirling from your Mimeograph machine. Remember how you’d rea

More Muppet rock painting. Animal!!!

Murder History So much of what makes it Into living history is death. Battles fought to keep Patriarchy secure. Men And their toxic selves - Seething. Burning houses. Raping girls, Boys sometimes, too, I Suppose. Red runs in the       Stolen rivers and They congratulate themselves - In their importance; Draw lines on maps to     Distinguish our     Worthiness. Make Plans and decide what     The future will know.