Essence of Jade
You’ll blame me for everything
I never did.
I’ll say you’re nothing
that I prayed you would be.
And after we punch each other
over the dinner table,
I’ll go in the backyard to stomp asters
and you’ll be in the front yard
burning bushes like God.
But, we’ll still be there
to hug each other
with are hands
poised to stab.
Fifty Percent
We can kill two birds with one stone;
wash the dinner dishes
and drown the baby in detergent,
But we must pay for a funeral.
We may walk at night
and destroy those against us,
but we are still forced
to run from suited men
who lack white faces.
Yes, the whole of our damage
will always be halved.
DeMauray McKiever
