open space

What comes down, will rise up.
           Bigger. Bolder.
Our landscape changing,
     skyline ever altered.
     Inner-city condominiums.
                        Premium space.
     Deconstruction,
     Reconstruction.
High-density population.
Real estate speculation.
         Urban renewal.
Gentrification respects nothing
except
     value per square foot.
        Market increases,
                    rising cost of living.
The price we pay
     for shelter.
                     Housing.
                        Home is not
                      what it used to be.
   Communities no longer.
      Branded neighborhoods.
Where we live, how we live and
     how we want to live.
Commodity.              Investment.
       What we can afford in this
widening income inequality
                   What can we afford?

04/12/2022                                           j.g.l.

April is Poetry Month

I got my 4th shot yesterday.

It seemed like the right thing to do.

We are not done with COVID-19, or
this virus is not done with us.

Take care of yourself.

04/08/2022                                               j.g.l.

   You think about it
      too much, too often.

   That which
      remains unsaid
drowns out the noise that
       does not matter.

   What mattered once
       is not long forgotten.
What happened to the time?

      I used to wonder.

            I still do.

04/07/2022                                                  j.g.l.

What are you thinking
at that time of night,
when nobody knows
how anyone feels?
How do you respond
to private thoughts?
What do you think?

04/03/2022                                                 j.g.l.

April is Poetry Month

The purpose of politics
varies greatly by the day,
government has very little
to do with it.
Above all else, no matter
what level, politics is a
power play.
In a politician’s world, most
of us are collateral damage.
Some of us are even less.
Can we take back the power?
Think about that the next
time you vote.

03/31/2022                                             j.g.l.