trustable

I’m not sure whether this poem works, but it seemed worth a shot.

trustable

was the word I heard the syllabic rhythm sent

my mind dancing into the past to find

uncrustable

a made up word for a prepackaged PB&J

designed to say the artful care of cutting off crusts

takes too much time

care however takes time so does trust or listening

the prepackaged politics that polarize us make it

too easy to cut each other off

we are more than a blue-red binary better than agreeing to disagree

for too long we have pretended the hard parts aren’t there

pampered ourselves with privilege

but if we are to be trustable to those we have cut away

life must become more riskable complicated conversational

don’t talk with your mouth full

Peace, Milton