today...

today

I lay

naked

in the waters

fueled hot

by manufactured ingenuity

and propane

collected

a beaten

cast iron

dirty porcelain finish

rusted

pitted

stained

apropos

for my old

worn

white

wrinkled frame

of a man

who's soul

very much

alive

in the youth

of productivity

a field

lay base

to the landscape

tan pots

two years of soil

the same

that held

seventy plus

full growth girls

robbed

by politics

by tax

or lack there of

by greed

ripped away

from an economy

necessary

still

no mind

as servants

for the king

helpless

to suffer

the spankings

of lost efforts

money

an honest

living really

as meager

as it may be

regardless

that water

is already

out to sea

saving the children

as it would be

and from

the dirt

has grown

miner's lettuce

for certain

henbit dead nettle

trende mustard

or london rocket

as the question

to solve

all edible

or medicinal

as intended

buds have opened

the sky

is grey

the peace

and tranquility

as beautiful

as any place

on earth

unkept

and wild

as this

is spring

a cold wet season

to produce

such that paints

subtlety

elegant detail

a natural abundance

and this here now

all

unregulated

ignored

by the men

w/power

and guns worn

as a showing

of force

scare me not

a new dawning

of a new

day

for there is

always a way

to live free

or

to die trying

liberty is

after all

a state of mind

taken

enjoyed

worn

in plain sight

evil lurks

all ways

caution

awareness

education

helps identify

well before

it bites

zombies really

by definition

avoidance

is the strategy

an encounter

is inevitable

however

not

today