by Hokis, Founder & Senior Editor
where beauteous mountains
are draped with plastic shrouds so the forest of rejected
erect trees aren’t tempted to spew their pollen,
poisoning Eve’s innocent sweet fruit.
where the long-winded landscape
blows hot hair, unknowingly strengthening the labia-shaped
man-eating plants whose poisoned cast-iron balls
Adam mistakes as his momma’s womb.
i’ve lived here nearly 50 years, cautiously thrilled
there are now a few cruise ships showing up to take people
to the promised land. these proclaimed water-walking condo-sized
rafts are costly, move slowly.
the island’s youth-elders are speaking against such convenient escapes
preaching from their pulpit of primary sources:
“these ships are powered by chained slaves in the their underbellies”
their marching followers won’t step off the homeland
until this is first made right.
dedicated to: Emma Gonzolez, Nancy Pelosi, Stacey Abrams and her Fair Fight campaign, Greta Thunberg, Nicole Hannah-Jones’ & NYT’s The 1619 Project and and and . . . . . . . . .
