Evolution

Painting by Paul Grignon

Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau

died in America.

Four boys escaped Lejac and froze

to death on the lake near home.

The army in Uzbekistan executed children

as an example.

We are not really toilet trained.

We are trained to believe we are.

I have learned how to scream
with my mouth closed.

from Infinite Power, Ekstasis 2016