REPETITION

BEARDED LEPER

TORN CHECKERED SHIRT

HEART EXPOSED

TO THE ONCOMING INSURGENT NIGHT

BEARDED LEPER

HEART A LOCKED CLOSETDOOR

GUARDING WINTERCLOTHES AND DREAMS OF PEACE

IN MOTHBALLS,

DISGUARDED GREEN DENIM OF ROMANCE

BEARDED LEPER

HEART A CRUMBLING PASTEL ROSE PICKED,

ONE LESS SUNSHOWER HOVERING

HERE IN THESE CAPITAL STREETS,

LEPERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES

HOLD OUT

WAITING TO BE ENFOLDED

AGAIN BY THE STARS,

VOLUNTEERS

FOR THE NEXT ROCKET

OUT FROM THESE RUINS

March on Washington, DC

1969