The American Poetry Review

THREE POEMS

Freedom House Manifesto

eisure for the youth / housing for everyone homeless / fresh fruit in the trees & kitchens of every American / a belly full & living / land back—truly & in its truest form / reparations for all the land & promise Black America has been stripped of since the infantry of the states / no student loan debt / no credit system to keep / no politicians clocking pussy more than stopping ERCOT from killing people / no people owned by the state / no Greg Abbott / no police / no Ted Cruz / no police / no Donald Trump / no terror that will not be named because what we’ve done to each other doesn’t have one / it may be eugenics / it may be public degradation / it may be inaccessible stages, the only place where I can say these things & not sit sideways for the next frame / no framing for my own murder & no police / The Freedom House is one we all live in & win / The Freedom House is one we all live in & win—

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