To Scream Apart the Sky

(Originally prepared in May 2025, as part of a collection called The Path to Utopia which would become TEETH)

AND IF I GAVE YOU THE WORDS
TO SCREAM APART THE SKY
HOW WOULD YOU KEEP THEM
FROM SUNDERING THE EARTH?

COULD YOUR TONGUE ALONE LIBERATE
YOUR MOUTH, YOUR MUSCLES
YOUR HOME, YOUR NEIGHBORS
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION?
WERE WE WAITING FOR YOUR SAY-SO?

WHEN YOU FIND THE WORDS
TO SCREAM APART THE SKY
YOU WILL SPEAK THEM
WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY
AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE