“I see no other way than to begin now to speak about sharing the land that has thrust us together and sharing it in a truly democratic way, with equal rights for each citizen.”
—Dr. Edward Said
Hiding place inside the early hour—
You’re there.
Fold in the sky’s softest cloth—
what rises as we sleep,
the dark and ripe and narrow wedge.
You dropped every list of activities.
You’re off the hook.
And who are we?
Slice of the deep, hanging on hard.
Trying to do honor.
Situations getting worse.
Bumbling pie.
Hello, good morning, guess what,
you didn’t die.