perhaps today
brings-will bring-will demand something profound
when we look beyond
the crumbling world
and confront our own monsters
in the reflection

what I mean is,
terrible violences await us.
after that
what might we build together?

I twisted the man's thumb back back back until he collapsed to the floor, becoming very small. I covered him with a pint glass until he smothered like an insect. Hid the glass behind the couch.

Then, I ran and hid from the very many others. And as I hid, I prepared to fight. I prepared to die.(2/2)

Last night I dreamt a parade, a protest, a heavily armed militia of maga men invaded my beloved West Virginia and Dolly Sods.

A man wanted to hurt me, so I pinched his thumb. "Look, they don't even know how to use their little strength," another man scoffed. (1/2)