Sasquatch learned all things by
taking all things

a   p   a   r   t 

​

Excepting for

emotion

 

Dare not we put

feeling to scrutiny

instead we inherit 

the homes of those

 

Who dwelled before

left their platelets to us
as dishes in the sinks 

of that which they bequeathed to us 

 

Homes that never underwent

inspection
never were taken apart

examined

never were turned over

in our hands

 

Purchased sight unseen

lauded as flawless
enviable

clean

 

We know better to know

there is no home which does not 

require repairing

restoration

undoing

of rust and mold, asbestos

replacing

of floorboards, porches where 

rocking chairs 

left ruts in wood

 

We know better to know

home requires the toil of examination

reparations must be granted

to pass it lesser spoiled

from bloodline to brethren

a new generation

 

It is time

for reparations

It is time
high and past

to address sins that asked silence

of generations too long in pain

too long begging

for action against violence 

Suffered by generations
bearing a heavy weight—worse

bearing

a heavy wait