Heath Brougher - Three poems

 1. Pain(ed)ful M(endacious)emories   

         (a response to the murders of George Floyd and Jacob Blake)

 

L(unatic)aw enforcement slices up African ribs for lunch  ,,

      s(ickly)lave o(minous)wners reduce the lives of the o(h no!)wned—  

the lives protesting peacefully to s(lither)mithereens  ,,

 

the invisible power of destructio(fficer I can’t breathe!!)n is destroying lives

like the psychotic machine it is!! 

 

gor(e)geous   &   ab(lunt object to the head)undant  

as a cop, I mean, a cup fulla copper::.

***

2. Emo(ticon)otive  

Toe(WARD)s S(WOLLEN)uch TOADS  ,,

.                  ,               *             ;              🡪

or bu(ilt)ullshit 

trip(ping)t lift(ilting)ed off the ground  ..

FlicKKKKKKKKKKK🡪E🡪RRRRRRRRRRRRR

how many cans    ?    how many magnets       ?

[I might climb 

               the grass       🡪

  children climb through thr(alls)ongs of glass];;.

***

3. Non

I like

to come

as close

to nonexistence 

as possible

and

tap

it

right

on

the

shoulder.