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Voice is a State of Skin
August 1, 2017
Velvet, suede, zebra
hides, soft veal leather
Fur, fluff, feather, febrile,
Powdered in a crepe way
Out of line. Mine. Satin
Slip into my bed. Pelt,
pelt a resting woman
with all she longs to hear,
feel, envelop your satin-
skinned, sultry voice, sweet
as a square of deep-pitched
cacao.
Cheetah and tiger
A yin-yang rotoscope of
skin, skin to shoot at in
the night, choke in brutal
neutralization, skin to rape,
enslave, to malign, burn, hang.
A sin to refuse to recognize the
skin of the mother of us all.
Skin.
I love your skin, I want
to ally with and kiss away,
to heal from the pallor
of my own, from the arm
of law, skin of my brother
and sister, should not my
so-called race flee the throne
of oppressor in disgrace?
Yes, sir, your skin is as
color-conscious as mine—
Your skin so dear to me,
as dear as my own. Yet…
In the end, are we not all
the same sapient creature in
a blessed rainbow of hues?
Joanie HF Zosike
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News Report
December 11, 2017
We don’t want to have a metal detector
every ten feet
We want to be live without a constant
invasion of privacy
A disgruntled livery driver blows it
in Port Authority
We cannot expect to stop every attack
The family of the amateur bomber was
escorted from the home
Anything that falls from the sky tomorrow
will be rain
Joanie HF Zosike__
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Sheep-Worrying
March 16, 2016, NYC
116 sheep, many of them pregnant, were
Shoved to the border of their owner's land
By centurion dogs possessed by driving
Their charges, in that way mean dogs do
Fangs glistening, they flaunted authority
As if they were humans herding refugees
To the torn frontier of their birth country
Forcing them against razor-wired fences
Neither letting them cross the frontier
Nor giving them sanction to remain
Joanie HF Zosike__
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Rust is a Mimesis of Dust
November 26, 2017
Imitation is limitation, and thus, the red domain of rust
Is somber, warming, comforting, as the brown of dust is
The gate we guard against. Mimsies will seduce us with a
Rapid rotation of states of being, here and gone. Mimesis
Projects a future, one of twirling the red and brown of
Nature, which we fail to detect as we crumble, rust to dust
Joanie HF Zosike__
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The Curator’s Indulgence
Would that I could jump on my virtual broom
Which, by the way requires no oxygen tank or peripherals
Because it’s all virtual
I’d fly beyond the limitations of flesh and mind
To every foreign corner of this truly godforsaken galaxy
And open a gallery
There I would show exhibits of great interest
To the brave souls crawling over the frontier of breath
Into a realm of cluelessness
In Room 1: a display of optical illusions occurring
In the navel of the optic nerve of the world on fire below
That’s a good one!
In Room 2: a display of what is beyond Door No. 1
Multiple outcomes, fresh fruit, non-stop information flow that
Washes the viewers clean
There’s just one more room, and it’s not numbered
Despite protestations about its worth, a jeweled case displays
A sacred human heart
Joanie HF Zosike__
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