Denial Legislates

“A few of us are going out after work to pretend it’s not the end of the world,

if you want to join us.” Quote from New Yorker cartoon

There's a river in my kitchen,
swamp at my back door
(denial legislates - earth revolts).
If I can get government out of my uterus,
we can go out for a drink and ignore
our ice is straight outta Flint.

©Susie Clevenger 2019
For those who don't know, Flint, Michigan's water is dangerously polluted.

Real Toads ~ Poetic Irony

Scarlet Gaslight

The Dystopian Tarot, The Lovers

Kerry O'Connor

Go ahead, tempt me.

I like to cross the scarlet line

apple stained with reasons

I shouldn’t dance with the devil.

Really? He was the snake
 who told me a tree was a gaslight

to fool me a book of ribs

wasn't already being planned

to write me into submission.

 ©Susie Clevenger 2019

Real Toads ~ Art Flash

Here is the link to Kerry O'Conner's Beautiful Art