LEGOS//Architects

A Father’s Day Haiku in Four Blocks Written Beneath Helicopters while Toddlers Build Futures

Ryan J. Petteway
Resistance Poetry
1 min readJun 22, 2020

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photo courtesy of author (“Two Potties” by Nico)

Happy father’s day to all those building builders of better tomorrows.

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LEGOS//Architects

I.
patient cornered shades,
we love to round the edges
cutting through our souls

II.
angry cornered shade,
I’d love to round your edges
cutting through my soles

III.
you’ve been asked nicely
now, clean up your fucking mess
else we melt your blocks

IV.
we’ve marched politely
over unassembled dreams,
no more bloody socks.

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#JusticeIsRaised
#ArchitectsAndAccomplices
#ForgingFairFutures
#BlackLivesMatter

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Ryan J. Petteway
Resistance Poetry

public health professor, social epidemiologist, writer of things sippin’ dark roast in the PDX trying to keep the Griffey Max 1 Freshwaters dry