Rafters on the Florida Straits

on old inner tubes
they cling -- barely
a wide, wide sea

Malcolm Little - Malcolm X - El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, American

Salaam, Malcolm
your walk ended too soon
the road calls

from a past war (any war)

Wet snow falls slowly
on a young deserter who
shivers and cries softly

One last tango

Fragrance of mothballs
On a rusty black suit pressed
For one last tango

Denounce human trafficking especially that which preys on children

Mascara can't hide
her eyes of a child
from circling hawks


too many nations still have failed to comply with the United Nations' Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons. often the victims are children still in grade school.

Morning tea

Roiling green froth
about to spill over
-- my morning tea

Solidarity with right over might -- God bless the people of Egypt

Whips in hand they charge
-- lashing at the crowds
who hold their ground