We were born as dust
embodied with seeds
straightened as roots grew
multiplied as wind blew
alphabetized by sun and water
and time
running as we're still
waiting for the moonlight
to rest
that's made manifest.
Outnumbered by our own
mid twenties bankrupt babies
crying for job spots
as we were cradled for bigger things
like music for shadow dancers
or night tempered alley performance
but that won't pay
as words don't pay
as filthy governments won't pay
for beauty or harmony,
all is reserved for business
adding zeros to their numbers
as zeros naturally grow in stems
and olive leaves cure headache
that job seeking gives
that's made manifest.
Ecological thoughts
in economical structures
they forgot the numbers
in multiplying roots
hollow sentences
in forsaken harmony
found between black and white
between C and C sustained and A
and F and english breakfast tea
and black coffee and a sour treat
grown in trees
fallen into our hands
while we were thinking gravity
that's made manifest.
Insurance won't cover angst
or depression
or passion scars
or elite art pissing in dark alleys,
but a broken leg is a bigger issue
than sadness in a broken tissue
or everything that drowns
in seawaves and philosophy
inside an empty check
inside an empty bottle
draught by an empty young man
reading an empty manifest
about misconceived things
inside an empty structure
that's also made manifest.
