use your words
written or spoken
or by way of signing
all depending upon
how you see yourself
at the moment
at times words
simply won’t do
like when jesus upturned
tables at the temple
or elvis attaining
his isolated lowest
and what about those
outer body episodes
when all you have
are prime numbers
and secondary colors
to express yourself
june two thousand twenty-one
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved
There’s a wall without slashes of social unrest,
without lines of prejudice, modesty or complaints
not even a good thought
clean and quick to the point
might make others laugh, angry or uneasy.
It makes me uneasy to see such a wall
anywhere within a public stall
upon a school desk or through walk tunnels.
To see such a wall of inhibition
of emptiness
of conservative thinking
like not sharing thoughts, ideas or secrets
makes me wonder
when the liberators will return
to save the free walls in this free land
from backwardness
from idleness
of single bawdy colors covering progress.
nineteen eighty-four
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved
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