the valiant ones so many graves so many killed in combat so many bullets so many senseless tombstones so much honor to so many wars so many monuments to victorious battles to lost battles to the generals to the unknown soldier to nameless tragedy of bloodstained death so much history of violence so many widows…
silence silence I need silence silence I insist on silence silence that the city would quiet down that the street would stand still that radios would disappear that cars would pause I need silence silence I want no voices, no shouting no sudden departures no shooting or terror no speeches or commands no murmuring I…
balconies we build walls to draw in the horizon we lay roofs to bring in the sky we open windows to let time pass by we craft doors so we can touch the world we create balconies to set ourselves free
I declare myself a deserter I want no army in my house, I want no army in my back yard, not on my block or in my streets I want no army in my homeland. I declare myself a deserter, a conscientious objector, an enemy of death from armed conflict, an enemy of the institution…