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| Cartoon by R.J. Matson |
are already being built.
It’s up to us
to chip at mortar,
remove bricks,
pull out pickets,
snip wire.
It’s up to us
to speak to people,
look them in the eye,
extend a hand,
smile.
We can undo
faster
than he can build.
Social issues are a major focus of Milwaukee poet Phyllis Wax. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and journals, among them The Widows’ Handbook, Birdsong, Spillway, Peacock Journal, Surreal Poetics, Naugatuck River Review, TheNewVerse.News, Portside, Star 82 Review. When she’s not writing you might find her escorting at a local abortion clinic. She can be reached at: poetwax38[at]gmail.com.