Who are the other mammals
with cloven cracked

chests who stitch
sharp darts 
in their flesh like I do?

I cannot celebrate or sing about this plot. The words that rise up are unfair, unjust, unholy. Truth tribunal, please commence; help us into a true story.

Sinéad, I hear that you’ve had or adopted four children. Is it true?

Will Enya who is childless come look after you?

I bought 20 flip phones at Walmart and activated them with phone numbers. This homeless camp was about to be swept by the city.

People without houses provide a gift to others when they ask for help. They give the opportunity to be of service. The chance to offer food or support is a valuable experience of selfhood. The ask lets us know a connection based on our basic survival needs as soft animals–our essential sameness.

I’m hung on a white wall for all perpetuity but
with three more branches could rough out a room
with a dirt floor and in would crawl a refugee mother
to nurse her baby in safety. Sew an old torn glove
of a cloud overhead to hide the moon’s belly.