Poems from and-thus-they-fly
I pledge allegiance
to the United States of America
to this nation
indivisible
with liberty and justice for...
I was told I could do anything,
be anything,
and I believed them.
“The sky is the limit,”
they said.
“Shoot for the moon,”
they ordered...
Coast to coast,
the sea connects us,
my hand reaching
through the waves,
through the miles,
stretching down
and across,
searching for the...
three thousand –
nothing but a number,
yet more powerful
and daunting.
the miles
that set us apart,
stretching our hands,
pulling our...
How many children will end up as hashtags?
How many will get shot?
How many will die?
How many before there is justice?
How many will be...