VIVE, NO MUERE.
in all the intricacies of life,
built into the interplay of words and bodies
and action and motion and noise,
in the details
of articulation and attention--
that's where i find home.
always a sense of belonging
in every conversation, in every exchange
of touch or thought or trust:
the rights of freedom and speech and
movement and assembly and adoration
are in my footsteps,
follow in the paths i create.
in your words, just pouring like a waterfall
out of your mouth and over your lips
where i could place a hydraulic wheel
to capture your strength--
in your words, i am empowered, i am
all but evangelical
in my effervescence and eager messaging.
so breathe with me, here, in this place,
make the air into energy
and come explore all the possibilities
that our mouths offer each other.
in words, in lightning,
like a tornado whipping through
a clumsy, crippled midwest town--
let us rip, let us writhe in the electricity
drawn from detail, molded from memory
and powered by the past.