You are the 
Ghost of 
Starlight 
In the gloom 
Of a doomed 
Love.
You are the 
Ghost of 
Starlight 
In the gloom 
Of a doomed 
Love.
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"I was experimenting to be the woman I wanted to be."
"I was in training to be a woman without shame.”
- Sandra Cisneros, from "Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982", Woman Without Shame
Unbound by pain, 
May we meet in the sky,
And surrender our light 
Back to the cosmos.
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Where are you from?
I hear 
in the alley 
through my open
window
Where are you from?
I hear 
frantic Spanish
but damn it,
been in Los Angeles
ten years,
still haven't learned.
Stop resisting!
Shuffling of feet,
screams,
revving engines
Leave her alone!
Fucking pigs
I should 
go out there,
stand and be 
counted.
I know I should 
but—
I look at the 
clock—
Oh damn
I have a Zoom
and the 
urge to believe 
disengagement 
is still 
a choice.
Let go of my mom!
I click Join
and wonder if the
microphone 
will pick her up
and I'll have to say
"sorry for the
noise"
Where are you from?
I hear 
in the alley 
through my open
window
Where are you from?
I hear 
frantic Spanish
but damn it,
been in Los Angeles
ten years,
still haven't learned.
Stop resisting!
Shuffling of feet,
screams,
revving engines
Leave her alone!
Fucking pigs
I should 
go out there,
stand and be 
counted.
I know I should 
but—
I look at the 
clock—
Oh damn
I have a Zoom
and the 
urge to believe 
disengagement 
is still 
a choice.
Let go of my mom!
I click Join
and wonder if the
microphone 
will pick her up
and I'll have to say
"sorry for the
noise"
I’d break 
The bones 
Of tyrant time 
Just to hear 
A fraction 
Of your laughter
Again. 
I’d break 
The bones 
Of tyrant time 
Just to hear 
A fraction 
Of your laughter
Again. 
“For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper”
Now I let it fall back
in the grasses.
I hear you. I know
this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
— Joseph Fasano
“For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper”
Now I let it fall back
in the grasses.
I hear you. I know
this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
— Joseph Fasano
Strong systems
should be
resilient,
tolerant of
faults,
resistant to
failure.
But when they fail,
they fail with
grace,
gently, 
as a falling leaf 
alighting
on the ground.
I wonder sometimes
what it would mean
if strong men
should be
tolerant,
graceful,
gentle as a leaf.
There is a
Collision of
Galaxies,
Fire and gravity,
Constellations 
Shifting,
A becoming 
That I cannot 
Subdue.
There is a
Collision of
Galaxies,
Fire and gravity,
Constellations 
Shifting,
A becoming 
That I cannot 
Subdue.
Strong systems
should be
resilient,
tolerant of
faults,
resistant to
failure.
But when they fail,
they fail with
grace,
gently, 
as a falling leaf 
alighting
on the ground.
I wonder sometimes
what it would mean
if strong men
should be
tolerant,
graceful,
gentle as a leaf.
https://write.as/robgalpin/deer-lake
 #Poem of change and renewal  #poetry
 
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
            