silence. absence.
no one will speak, and no one will step up
and either way we are hungry.
hungry for food, but what does that matter
when the hunger for solace is greater?

when paper becomes water
and your family starts to drown
you start to think about the bigger picture.
the bigger school. if you'll ever get there.

you wonder what good your paycheck will do
in your own bank account
and you wonder what you can really give.

Little red Riding hood
She is as cross as ten snakes.
Some tool wielding dwarfs,
Dug up her Grans garden
Even broke the gate.

They gave a short story
They were looking for Diamonds.
She gave them an apple each.
That went straight to their heads
Put head to toe in her small bed.

She snuggled up in the big bed.
There falling to sleep.
Later she was awoken.
Standing there were three bears,
Complaining that it wasn’t fair
She was in the wrong story that was clear.

Little Bo Peep lost her sheep
When he fell down the rabbit hole.
Quickly she followed, landing in heap.
Squashing the caterpillar and a mole.

The sheep looked up and went back to smoking.
Bo Peep was in shock as Alice approached, waving her hand.
There's only room for one down here, she took a drag, nearly choking.
Then kicked Bo's ass back up the hole to Fairy Tale Land.

“As you Grow”

The valley grew silent, amidst darkened soil
Just under the surface was complete turmoil
Pushing aside the soil of cold times gone by
A blade shaped leaf just for you and I

The green blade darkened in piercing the day
It feared to spoil the remains of coal dust decay
Then to show the world how wrong they had been
It sent a perfect stem through the blades of green