Chastened fasting that reproach gate against the drunkard’s boast multitude mercy in truth water flood and overflow swallow shut according soul thirst vinegar to drink.

Happy New Year! Here’s hoping some of the X refugees here will consider as we embark on 2025… x.com/jeffreyfbark...

Electric Vine

Cartographer

Silver flask hidden desk drawer sipping lasts finds light absorbs.

Skeleton Smoke

The times close in on characters.

Two trade shadows bar lights dim beer sip.

Fading

Hollowed pale sun setting softly. Reveries of years and months dammed leaps decades echoes ends strand. Pigeons flock cluck seeds spread stranger. Another season strolling leisure breaths green moss lilacs lilies lace lit midday fervently if whiled away hours willows.

Stare

Paradigm bright other side pressing pretend forever.

Great Expectations

Humbling course of season lash of frost first snow.

Wisdom false teeth silver rooted.

Between

Language likened roses bloom when rouge must fade will thorns rebuke find frosted tongue thawed lemon zing asleep by hearth it snows.

Embroidery

Afraid shall strangers fade.

Timid tightrope taunting turning tides untimely fear itself forever frightening faith at fault aimless wanderings paths of plans destined to part the sea waves waltz salt desert sulks parched search survives.

Unsettled dust realm cratered trust undaunted indifference.

Hear right give cry lips lie let eyes behold.

Vertigo spiral gut growl all the doubt without falls hours days weeks leap months drag decades echoes shadows sleep scattered. Pigeons flock cluck seeds spread stranger. Strolling park breaths moss green leisure, lilies lace lit midday fever whiled away willows.

Assured a vein for silver and golden place refined.

Beheld sunshine walking bright hearted.

Epiphanies

River Vision

Smoke Break

Malice winds whirl, woes whiffs smoke curls, beat plowshares scarce, swords warp hooks pared; eyes-say-as prayer, fling phony flares, peace blurred—stares bared—neither learned in war. Feverish foes, furor boasts goad, reap wrathful lash of envies.

Erasure snakes obscuring sorrow salted wound pity to wallow frozen shadow shown mirror moment's moss memory uproar amounts to chatter source of scorn silence a ladder toward lord of brightened clouds soaring aloft maelstrom evolved religious rot armies of night in armistice.

Vanishing

Chart carved map in old veins palm of borrower emboldened pawn late life long led pleasant regrets and treasures yet the bliss of brief.

That Was Beauty

Swept Delhi’s afterglow—my final throes—the road hummed slow and there are parts I don’t remember… bit.ly/DelhiDawns

Fairness flows phantoms opposed the tug-of-war always futile hopes and yet they sculpt heroes saviors of days.

Mist abyss abysmal drift eternities entire.

Deeply honored to have had the chance to work with so many talented writers, artists, designers, business owners, public servants, friends of old & new acquaintances, locally & globally, to produce this issue. REWILDING is an extraordinary triumph of collaboration & imagination!

Cloaked

Sage burnt at turn ink seeping swerve hiss serpentine cloud. Cigarette toke, cursed every choke, midnight unmasked. Montage milieu brass blues looped loose guitar rains weep drifts rows repeat through sounds sift sea sands salts set ease sun cures.

Coming soon! REWILDING! Rewilding is about restoring nature to a delicate balance. But rewilding can take place in our creativity and in communication. Rewilding is stewardship, steadfastness, & interconnectedness, forging compassionate bonds among all. Video @chicanofuturisto.bsky.social <3