*Poetry — February 25, 2021
A Manual on Starting a Revolution
Hands and Thimble, 1919, Georgia O’Keeffe, Art Institute of Chicago
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When you raise a child to believe she is on fire
the holy books won’t tell you when the wheat burns
when you are sent to carry water know the well
is a word you haven’t been taught yet when
the holy books won’t tell you when the wheat burns
when you are sent to carry water know the well
is a word you haven’t been taught yet when
the strangers knocking on your door knock it in
wash their mouths don’t meet their palms in the dark
when you blister against your heart on the inside
know this is not permitted when you raid the libraries
wash their mouths don’t meet their palms in the dark
when you blister against your heart on the inside
know this is not permitted when you raid the libraries
remember to eat only the unknown psalms piss
silently bark when you stock the larder keep the gun
pressed to the eyes of cornflowers watch your mother
as she breaks bread from her shoulders in three
silently bark when you stock the larder keep the gun
pressed to the eyes of cornflowers watch your mother
as she breaks bread from her shoulders in three
keep the piece you are given keep it keep
this will not help when but then — when is deep.
this will not help when but then — when is deep.
Originally published in No Tokens Issue No. 9. View full issue & more.