Portrait in Deep East Oakland A boy is drawing himself by the lockers in the linoleum hallway that smells like Doritos and
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Fashion Crisis The seagulls dip their wings into the rainbows on puddles. Hairspray holds the clouds up and makes the oceans sultry.
Earl Jr., Pittsburgh, 1974 “I’ve spent so many days wondering why you keep asking all these questions about me. About us. Dammit,
One minute he was singing grace notes, that proud-tail mockingbird in the sycamore, next he was pressed against the drive, held in
2017 The creature does not rush. It creeps with great care along the tattered russet bark of the slash pine limb, a
Of all the larger inhabitants of the soil, probably none is more important than the earthworm. --Rachel Carson, Silent Spring In 1973,
After two years of severe drought the city put mandatory water restrictions on every house, apartment building, and business. Many people thought
To China A few blocks from our apartment, a hospital is falling while thousands of rats have begun to surface from the
1 In the spring of 2017, the United States of America withdraws from the Paris Climate Accord. Six weeks later, an iceberg
Slippery Elm Trail, After Winter Rain the black swamp pools up as if it were spring— geese break the rocks open with