Day 7: November 8, 2016 (Amerikkkans Got Just What They Deserved.)
henry 7. reneau, jr. Surprise is never barren design nurtured from ash but busy with purpose fathomless medium of spontaneous startle or vision found to be vertigo-ed equilibrium bringing a protest march to a gunfight ever so what-did-you unexpected from one moment to the next Surprise is a perfect foil for fear voiding our intuition to ignore at our own peril or oscillate the blind emotional vote intoxicated by the ferment of rotten fruit the choice between blight or plague: Cabbage-Patch Hillary or Bozo the Clown with a dog whistle rabble-rousing the deluge of guest expert facts with no spellcheck & opinions & beliefs & you twisted around a time-clock a part of you all suffering deep bleeding wounds a part of you all need a part of you praying for a miracle in hell in denial of your cruelest acts of indifference reflected back at you Unspeakable now part of your story a nuclear bomb not dismantled a black man murdered for expired license plate tags no offense but how? did you get so obese narrow-minded unread bigot-visioned compliant while I was away Surprise is never barren design nurtured from ash but separation from empathy desperately trying to be something that you are not the acquiescence to repetition by rote gyrating in the maelstrom eye of status quo herd mentality your molecules hurricane vibrating the air a gestural motion poking a finger arrogantly into the face of the unknown as Gaia shifts in her ooze her gestation of pliant comeuppance a precise but quantum incoherence in future continuous tense her mastery of survival the damnation of the dreaming masses down the dark mountain |
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About the Author: henry 7. reneau, jr. writes words in fire to wake the world ablaze: free verse illuminated by courage that empathizes with all the awful moments, launching a freight train warning that blazes from the heart, like a chambered bullet exploding inadvertently. His poetry collection, freedomland blues (Transcendent Zero Press, 2014), was released in September of 2014. He also has an e-chapbook, entitled physiography of the fittest (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014), which was released in December of 2014. Additionally, he has self-published a chapbook entitled 13hirteen Levels of Resistance, and is currently working on a book of connected short stories. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee.