under our tarmac brick and mostly clay fungi wires seeping pipes measured light soil thru shoes thru brain in sky capital entropy underneath enzymes unshared instead of leaves stretching sun gathering water together.
so some days is it the weather my fingers feel like dying material ceasing to cycle nutrients not flowing
(freddie gray was murdered by police in 2015 for no apparent reason)
north of schooners wooden freighters concrete steamers sidewheel barges violets arbutus honeysuckle pansies chinquapin berries poplar popland elm elmtree cedar ceddox twenty eight shades of red orange brick towering walking back into matrix of soil rooted revolution
(in 2009 the filbert street community garden became)
now we lose our river daughter burrowing further down thorium mobile radio nuclide metamorphic rock born water lilies sun sinking open hill living pool years end down deep forest water dark door opens wide world self mend unborder
(in 2010 brandon shores and wagner stations began releasing over two million pounds of toxic pollutants per year onto south baltimore, who remains in the ninety-ninth percentile in the u.s. for exposure to toxic releases–NOx from burning the coal is also killing the chesapeake bay)
that is around the corner
poised to invade and press
killing opportunity
stepping through mirrors and windows i express
my naivety
smells and words in thoughts in harmony
moments stretching toward eternity
(red emmas bookstore and coffee shop first opened at 800 saint paul street in 2004)
floating in the streets on the water
a time mirage
the beginning of value trust exploitation
winds earthfired and solar sweep across
chappedsmooth hands dangle and grasp from walking torsosleeves
their notions predatory desperate seek dissipating warm glow
rocks that burn
pieces of stars
promises
molded earth
minted metal
words that echo in dopamine
calculated payments
breathing dying debtors to the sun
(alex brown and sons, the baltimore-based first investment bank in the united states, was sold to bankers trust in 1997 and absorbed into deutsche bank two years later—brown memorial park avenue presbyterian church on park avenue and lafayette streets memorializes george, alexander’s son)
dicktracy: when will you fix the faulty wiring
herniahernia: we might use some of the wiring to electrocute the roaches
dicktracy: the leaking pipes
herniahernia: they are imbedded in the concrete, as are the leaky gas pipes which poses slightly less danger
dicktracy: the rats come through the holes in the walls and ceilings
herniahernia: we are studying that, if convenient direct them out the broken windows
dicktracy: you could change the lightbulbs and keep the grounds clean
herniahernia: when we fix things they break, we’re saving money in hopes of destroying everything
dicktracy: it’s always cold in the winter
herniahernia: we’ve arranged to have milk delivered
dicktracy: can’t you just maintain working order, i don’t want to be in this war anymore
herniahernia: i won’t say there is nothing i can do
(lexington terrace residents protested unacceptable living conditions with a rent strike in 1993)