Tuned in but tuned out by
rabbit ears on a thick-back television
projecting those chlorine clouds\u00a0
cantering over I-20,\u00a0 I\u2019m in
the moment and aware and
having a conscious thought from the\u00a0
past to the present. A warning sign
when I think about pool chemicals,
meant for swimming, swimming in
air meant to breathe, surging in hills
and creeks of the Piedmont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canary in the coal mine,\u00a0
frogs in the creek.\u00a0
When the indifference lies in the
ability to speak, what happens
to those whose language we
can\u2019t understand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My words, a cry\u2014
my future cannot hear me
as those clouds hide the
downturn
the
skyrocket
the\u2014
end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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