Letter to the Future. XI - bin Laden is Dead

3 May 2011


bin Laden is Dead

To Future,
Two nights ago a Navy SEAL team descended on a fortified mansion in a northern suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan.  We asked them to, demanded in fact.  A firefight ensued, during which one commando shot twice a gray-haired man on the left side of his face, killing him.  Osama bin Laden is dead.

These Halls are Full

this is a siren's redress
tiring of songs that sing to shipwrecks
she enters this house and holds out her vacant palms, an offering
the halls are filling
and the kitchen is already full

Dear Friend, Bring Me My Skin

"most of the mountain is beneath me now,"
salutations from an earthy edge
"what can I shove in this envelope?

my resolve, my bursting heart
my rambling, resurrected lips?

I am reincarnated.