Refusal
I hear that you don't want the flag to burn
that you believe we are divided
and our hands are hurting for lack of holding
Across the table I see your eyes
they are reflecting and moving like fish in a bowl
'darting' is a word that one would use to describe them
I must confess that I am tired of kumbaya
and have little interest in comforting anyone
this is perhaps a broken part of my soul
Your words bounce around the white space
they say things like 'politics is boring' and
'we must move beyond' and 'color isn't real'
I want to throw water in your face
slam your head into the wall until everything cracks
I want there to be blood when I am done
There is the sound of winter from the doorway
a sort of whisper death come to sit at the table
The flag will burn and your hands will grow cold
is what it seems to be saying
Again
this could be a fracture in myself
The idea that nothing is politics is a refusal
a turn from the world from ourselves
Politics is just a fancy word for feelings
which you seem deeply concerned with
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