AMERICA (Lives Paid For In Bullets)
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

AMERICA (Lives Paid For In Bullets)

By Joe Musso

every mass shooting is prophecy for the next one

there is always a next one

bright yellow ribbons up and down my street

wrapped around telephone poles

hugging trees

one spiraling free in the breeze over the Bay

and silence, nothing but silence

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Mirror On The Wall
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

Mirror On The Wall

By Narayan Rajan

Truthful to a fault is the mirror on the wall,

Every wrinkle, scar and wart, it shows all.

Could it speak, what might it not tell

About thoughts heard feelings revealed?

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The World
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

The World

By Jessica Metha

I’ve come home

to me, stripped of hide

and curled in common

Colubridae. Watch on,

you Evangelists, disparate

tetramorph—witness:

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poetry posture
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

poetry posture

By c.r. glasgow

locs tied

alternate Roots

binding bastards bound for broken

branches of the ancestor tree.

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Divine Ebony
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

Divine Ebony

By Milen Aklilu

Man Raven

And hazen Man

Divinity exists in Ebony

Evidence of a fine Omen

Warring for a freedom stolen by thieves

Insulted by the humanity we birthed

Taking our might back from Steves

Heroes of our own unearthed

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A planet is dreaming
Leopoldo Seguel Leopoldo Seguel

A planet is dreaming

By Cheryl Caesar

In the last battle,

humans fire seeds for bullets:

make compost for trees.

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