up next

love deep inside
who is well protected
small arms fire
artillery
mud
speak up
veiling of soft purple

deadly intersection at sunrise
(lor scoota was killed at harford road and cold spring lane/moravia road in 2014)

counting air keep spitting

some never leave mothers ocean
others breathe
three hundred ten million
more to share than
condolences
did you say
“and there was never a respite from the battle”
bringing my transchild
to meet your son

downtown from east baltimore at sunrise

(young moose released otm2 and opened out of the mud clothing on monument street in 2014)