MMXXIII
•you have been thinking about the end of the world•
MMXXI
•we come together in the road•
MMXIX
•some things are on the line•
these base desires
these gratuitous emblems
these embellished gratuities
these false assumptions
held dear
a passive invocation
a name carved in a tree
a name set in brass or copper
raised to meet the fingertips
a plaque
affixed
upon a monument
this is not a celebration
nothing about this is celebratory
or triumphant
this is not a commemoration
it is a cradle
disassembled and
put back together
with extra parts strewn about the floor
of no obvious use
•••
“shed afire (Sabbath)”
I would like to tell a story But it's not my place And there's probably not enough time
The spring was warm and dry And even hotter in some places
Up early to a mass of unanswered texts Your sisters’ voices atop video images of fire
Impending loss And the rains come far too late
Trucks overfilled on all sides
In the beginning There were rides up over the old roads
Bereshit, Bereishit, B'reshith
We found a spot
I named it Bearshit Ridge
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