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.
GRAVEL