for Daniel Smith, Hillsboro, MO, 12.16.17, Daniel—
Forget, if you can,
the seizure of air, space, heart.
—Daphne Marlatt
This is a vulnerable poem
(as are all poems
all sentient beings) a poem
calling out entitlement
celebrating diversity
a transgender poem you
could read to a fetus.
An evidence-based poem
while at the same time
a science-based poem
honoring all the moorings
one anchors to at the calm
at the center of delusion.
