LOOK BOTH WAYS
Look both ways,
Constantinople, Santa Helena,
One thread ties all,
Before the fouling,
Popes’ calendars,
Kings’ scribes,
Nicea,
Three hundred bishops gathered ’round Constantine to sanctify imperialism,
In the name of Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, pagan,
Nicea, on to the Crusades,
Colonies,
Dominion,
Subjugation,
Exploitation,
What the birds are singing,
What the stars are saying.

Shawnee,
March 23, 2021