The Alberta WorkerA shield of ice to keep at bay the heat of fiery birth. Deflect the quench of living drink with sharpened sword of thirst. A spear of night to pierce the light, protect the shadows dear. And courage hordes are smitten, hewn, with catapults of fear. A helmet thick and strong with grief to stop […]
A hundred people near me, but I am all alone. A city full of houses, but I am without home. A sea of salty water, but I am just a leaf. A court of kings and rulers, but I am not a chief. A pile of coloured ribbons, but I’m a drabby grey. A kennel full of purebreds, but I’m a tossed out stray. […]
A bullet for infection, a hundred twelve injections. Stop the spread with dozens dead, four months till my election. McBuffalo the traitor now opposite of labour; The boss in bed with platinum head, we’ve lost our arbitrator. We have 500 rand, but billions in his hands. Each day we dig for dirty pigs deep under desert […]
A heart once pumped so strong and sure, a rich and fiery red That reached the toes and fingertips now weak and nearly dead. It urged and coaxed and pressed — inspired — to battle scary things. This faith is but a trickle now, its strength an echoed ring. Where is that strength? Where did […]
Our future for a dollar and our nature for a holler. Just step in time and fall in line, bow to the tarry hauler. Steal it from the blue, paint it shiny, red, and new. Protect the sea, but build line three, and twin the mountain queue. Jumped on the wave inspired, but that voting plan […]
I watched one day two scenes unfold before my very eyes, Contrasting views of the same dream—one truth, one soothing lies. The first saw hordes of people stroll along a narrow path. Within their cliques, they held the rail, engaged in lovely chat. They reached the end and ate some fruit, and licked their lips […]
The burdened sigh, the trickling tear, the hopeful glance above. The couraged step, the trembled voice, the awkward embraced love. The desperate heart, the longing soul, the lingering desire. The tightened chest, the grieving breast, the eager want for higher. The drooping frown, the trying smile, the piercing hunger pangs. The drowning self, the tired […]
I once looked up from where I sat and saw my shelf seemed odd. I cocked me head and looked perplexed, quite sure somehow it’s flawed. I stood, stepped close, inspected it, noticed the smallest crack. Got my duct tape, tore off a piece, and fixed it like a hack. I went to sail the […]
Hiding in plain sunlight while sifting through the sky, Looking for the rainbows as heaven has a cry. Snagging them with morals, ignoring all the pain; Pushing them through prisms to make them white again. There’s no coloured sunshine; we’re all offspring of God. Hospital for sinners, but you’re the one who’s flawed. Wash your clothes […]
We crawled out of a golden book and spread across the land And whispered from the dust, they said, secured by angels’s hand. Were sent to a choice hemisphere, yet from God’s presence banned. We prospered, fruitful, multiplied, as if like grains of sand. And then they came to us in pairs to tell us […]