Friday, October 13, 2023

MEDIA SPEAKS

by Patricia Carragon




The internet is a war zone—

violence seizes eyes,

rhetoric bangs on eardrums.

Another report

shoves smoke up nostrils,

cuts vocal cords from 

speaking the truth.

The zombie apocalypse

handcuffed to take sides.

 

Justice walks

amid bombed-out cities, 

wears bandages and blood

of innocent minds—

limps on crutches,

unshielded—

determined

to breathe life back 

into the walking dead.

 

Finds Peace

trapped in the rubble—

its tattered feathers 

drip in blood and ash.

Inside its beak,

a scorched branch

of an unlived tree—

two leaves

still intact.



Patricia Carragon’s recent publications include Dreams in Hiding Anthology, Fixed and Free Quarterly, Jerry Jazz Musician, Out Loud, an LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology (Red or Green Books), Soup Can Magazine, The Scene, The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Anthology, When Women Speak Poetry Anthology, Vol. 1, Witchery, et al. Her debut novel is Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.