SAID

SAID

religion cannot define

definition makes the religion

to be what is said

what is said to be

religion cannot make

what it cannot define

making definition

the definition

to be said

what is said

cannot define

what is

until done

faith cannot define

what was

until done

definition said

when definition done

making religion

to be

defined

awesomely powerful

or

powerfully awesome

expletive deleted

to never be seen

again

returning

what is to be

was done

defining religion

as an expletive

faith

that cannot be made

to be

what is said

A. MENDOZA, 2017

SAID

SAID

religion cannot define

definition makes the religion

to be what is said

what is said to be

religion cannot make

what it cannot define

making definition

the definition

to be said

what is said

cannot define

what is

until done

faith cannot define

what was

until done

definition said

when definition done

making religion

to be

defined

awesomely powerful

or

powerfully awesome

expletive deleted

to never be seen

again

returning

what is to be

was done

defining religion

as an expletive

faith

that cannot be made

to be

what is said

A. MENDOZA, 2017

GLOW SHADOW

to be aware

you're aware

what a dream exchange

pre-dawn glows

casts shadows

of orange and blue

going from veil to gauze

birds chirping Marco-polo

to blue-gray light 

the midnight of midday

an open stretch that hints

like a lifted eyebrow and wink

that is missed

if you don't pay attention

what a dream

to be awake

to be aware

in that exchange

that pre-dawn glow

that shadow

to light

A.MENDOZA, 2017

 

GLOW SHADOW

to be aware

you're aware

what a dream exchange

pre-dawn glows

casts shadows

of orange and blue

going from veil to gauze

birds chirping Marco-polo

to blue-gray light 

the midnight of midday

an open stretch that hints

like a lifted eyebrow and wink

that is missed

if you don't pay attention

what a dream

to be awake

to be aware

in that exchange

that pre-dawn glow

that shadow

to light

A.MENDOZA, 2017

 

READING COHEN

READING COHEN

from a bottom 

too soon

awaiting steam 

reaching

and opening 

outward

mist missing 

the top

but always hits 

the floor

laying across

 a feeling 

exposed 

uncovered

an unsheathed 

preparation

fanning out

is loneliness a good teacher?

sometimes to not sleep

dreaming while awake

not listening for something

and in a moment 

of how often

of how silent

aware

A. MENDOZA, 2017

 

READING COHEN

READING COHEN

from a bottom 

too soon

awaiting steam 

reaching

and opening 

outward

mist missing 

the top

but always hits 

the floor

laying across

 a feeling 

exposed 

uncovered

an unsheathed 

preparation

fanning out

is loneliness a good teacher?

sometimes to not sleep

dreaming while awake

not listening for something

and in a moment 

of how often

of how silent

aware

A. MENDOZA, 2017

 

ADAGE

ADAGE

to decry decency

to un-cry blasphemy

to deceive truth

 to denounce definition

make a message

 like the denial

as unbalanced

as a spinning top

far, far too deep for that

is the tunnel

immune to error

to value reason

to self-destruction

of self-interest

 of self-preservation

 to false equivalence

 devoid of content

to lead

as epitaph

didactic fallacy

immune to error

A. MENDOZA,2017

ADAGE

ADAGE

to decry decency

to un-cry blasphemy

to deceive truth

 to denounce definition

make a message

 like the denial

as unbalanced

as a spinning top

far, far too deep for that

is the tunnel

immune to error

to value reason

to self-destruction

of self-interest

 of self-preservation

 to false equivalence

 devoid of content

to lead

as epitaph

didactic fallacy

immune to error

A. MENDOZA,2017