devorah major

listen

can you hear it pull
the wires and plugs
out of our ear sockets

can you feel it
cut through
our waxed delusions

a ragged scream
pouring like hot oil
inside and around
our blistering spirits

someone is screaming

to not want some say
that is where freedom lies
to be always in the moment
some say that is where freedom lies

there is no freedom some say

he
wanted
to sell his
just harvested greens
to earn money
buy bread
eat
live
and love
with a humble
but not humbled
dignity

because he could not
find another way
he made of himself
a blazing fire