We decided to make it our homeIf the man wants to shove us outwe’re gonna jump and shoutThe Statue of Liberty said “Come!”-John…
I’m from Friday night football games Third Quarter sitting with the band kids.Fourth Quarter standing in the end zone Rooting for…
In the beginning, there was a red brick housewith a cherry tree, plum trees, a rowan tree.
No skyscrapersNo hustleNo big corporationsNo dreams
From whence? Nowhere and nothing, no land claim, no keepsakes,hand-me-downs or heirlooms, the past has drowned, only memories…
Where I’m from, I do not knownever stayed in one placefor roots to grow.Memories, the mind’s mapped planrecall places, peoplea wasp’s sharp…
I am from split level streets ofplowed under fields wherecows gave way before bicycles trailing plastic streamers through…