i keep trying - Trout Black

[Larry Robinson]

i keep trying
 
i can’t
 
my pen keeps tearing the paper
 
anger
hurt
grief
 
bears down
 
were I using a quill
my paper would be
a failed sumi painting
 
the sun shines through our breakfast window
 
isis atrocities continue unabated
not just the beheadings
but the everyday killing of old ones and children
infants
 
my wife loves me
 
no longer a democracy
america prioritizes
the fortunes of a few
above the rest of us
crumbling roads and bridges
no jobs for desperate youth
 
i love my parents
 
steve,
you’ve wrought
elegant white earbuds
covering brains
that craze
when exposed to 30 minutes
 
 
 
 
of silence
 
 
 
faulkner said
man will prevail
 
over flooded cities
drought
firestorms
famines
 
our young buckeye trees
leaf out
in bright green
 
what
i scream
am I to do
with this pen

	- Trout Black
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