"If it wasn't for this, there would be no that."

 "If it 
wasn't for this,
there would be
no that."*

diaphanous disguise

monster

or 

mother?

either way

you gotta love it.

wizard of oz

seed the future

city of green

so ludicrous

we call them unicorns.

breathe in despair-disappear

argue the universe

time to clean its room.

Breathe out

survive

rhythm by rhythm

kindness by kindness

circle into circle.

Pehiw Preparing 24

*Intro "American Gangster" Jay-Z and to Jodi A. Byrd, citizen of the Chickasaw Nation whose book "The Transit of Empire" speaks this truth,