we are building a viaduct<\/p>\n
because we decided<\/p>\n
this time,<\/p>\n
we will not \u00a0travel<\/p>\n
underground, live in the great dismal,<\/p>\n
drag our bodies through the marsh,<\/p>\n
hide in the cattails.<\/p>\n
in the plain view of daylight<\/p>\n
above the gorge,<\/p>\n
as high as millau in france,<\/p>\n
our railway.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
once we perfect the art of brick making,<\/p>\n
you can decide how many are needed.<\/p>\n
that woman over there, maybe she can<\/p>\n
decide how many tons<\/p>\n
our spillway can hold.<\/p>\n
this old one with the braids<\/p>\n
like a hive,<\/p>\n
i hope she\u2019ll teach us about<\/p>\n
about steel.<\/p>\n
she knows how to reduce<\/p>\n
sulfur from iron to keep it strong.<\/p>\n
look at her hands.<\/p>\n
look at her crafted shoulders,<\/p>\n
but do not touch unless you<\/p>\n
are invited.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
darlings, there is a job<\/p>\n
for us too.<\/p>\n
ours might be the gathering kind.<\/p>\n
talkers sing like brave birds.<\/p>\n
poets plow the top soil<\/p>\n
dancers paint with perennials.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
we will call all hands.<\/p>\n
hurting hands are beautiful.<\/p>\n
photographers shoot<\/p>\n
for our annual day of remembrance.<\/p>\n
we can alternate hosts. \u00a0I\u2019ll sign up for that.<\/p>\n
we have all agreed, no borders. \u00a0no borders. \u00a0no borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
this time \/ we will not travel \/ underground …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2270,"template":"","categories":[9,49,119],"tags":[345,201,57,346],"class_list":["post-2269","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aquifer","category-literary-features","category-poetry","tag-borders","tag-poetry","tag-sherrie-fernandez-williams","tag-the-crossing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n