“All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.” - Jack Kerouac

 

so many people living

their lives under such

burning white stars

with such wonder and

passion for unity and

need and will to give

and kiss and love for

all these people who

said yes to life and yes

to each other who did

nothing in fear and did

nothing with regret or

hate but instead truly

knew what it meant to

be human for each of

these people we have

a bullet and a barcode

and no room for such

endless joy inside peace

and such blinding vision

to take us over and see

truly for the first time.