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Sky Burial
The men with blond hair scatter their own ashes With machine gun rounds, they hold back their tears stifle a sob under the ground where a burnt child is laid In dreams they peel back the burnt skin tenderly unwrap the swaddled skeleton With fingers trained on fishing line and engine gaskets and compressor belts…
Observance: “everyone receives what he deserves”
Sept 22 2025 In a society radically tilted towards authoritarianism, it’s good to revisit history. In a nation traumatized by gun violence, polarized by social inequality and burdened by hate speech, it’s good to revisit poetry. So, here’s one from the great Ernesto Cardenal, pastor and poet of the Sandanista revolution and of Latin American…
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The Watering Hole :: Jeff Conant 