"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY

EYESIGHT REVOLUTION
For The Young And Defenseless


you hold your breath and wonder
if it isn't fate that all your tiny defections
thrive on an almond-hard fist
rummaging in Papas coat pocket for his cigarettes
as you count the many hours he spends delivering you good intentions
a quiet man who eats pork
for Papa you keep your buttons green
smiling when the sirens fail to sound
your nodes separated to absorb greater impact
until nearing fatal vertigo
you discover that the moth traveling half a mile an hour
isn't your brother
but that one day we may all begin to look like that.


BRAD EUBANKS
USA
copyright 2002