"...
face off conscience-less council
members continue to sell out
humble community folks
make jokes about no bucks....

... Anxiety gnaws
at poetic/political craw
as Queen City skyline
comprised of strangling structures
grows in metal/glass/concrete
dimensions, there is a feeling
of constriction
-- faint glimmer of prisons past --"

* * *

"...

Talk to comfort.
Talk to honor.
Talk of injustice.
Talk for healing.
Knowledge is living...

...
Knowledge has no end.
Knowledge is beginning."


poem excerpts from "De-Urban-I-Zation Blues" and "Feel Good Song" by raúlsalinas from Indio Trails.