In One Ear

Forever drawn
To a psychedelic saltlick
Daily
Slate eraser

Too much to witness
Absorb or understand
Overwhelming
Contradicting tides
Sweeping whimsy
Out to sea


Watery tombstones
Marking what can’t
Be exhumed
When nobody recalls
The gravesite
Why they were killed
Or who’s ideology
Was buried

The easy way out
I suppose
But what exactly
Have you solved
With all your
Paying attention
And taking sides