Navy Destroyer Ship Building Block Set for Kids

 

As a child I decided to stop being 

a child. I succeeded

almost by accident; I failed 

miserably, too. When I see a cow 

I say "cow." When served a plate of snails 

I flinch like it's a plate of my father's belt. 

I know too well what it means 

to build an empire: one block 

atop the other, again and again, 

the act of putting people in places 

they are never allowed to leave. 

Still, the child I no longer am 

is right: the best part of empire 

is bringing your fists down

until there's only memory 

where empire used to be.

 

 

 

Heraclitus Forever 

 

What else could I do? I loved

you more, so I ate the river. 

It bucks and writhes inside me

like a strand of your hair. 

This is how I remain 

the same: your hand crossing 

my body sames my body,

and because it’s only my body

you touch like this, my body 

sames your hand. Now

a white bowl of olive pits sits 

beside an empty wooden bowl. 

You're so full you ask for more. 

It takes the air between us 

dying for this water to be born.