Cheerios
Intrusive thoughts during absolute moral catastophe
Going to our Senator’s office with bags and bags of Cheerios and dumping them everywhere Going to our Senator’s office every morning every day and dumping bags and bags of Cheerios Going to the local offices of companies that contract with this, surveillance companies, weapons companies, cloud-based computing companies, and dumping bags and bags of Cheerios every morning every day Doing this once with one thousand people Dumping bags and bags of Cheerios all over the Facebook comment thread, the television interview, the podcast Dumping bags and bags of Cheerios in cities across the country, in every place that profits from or has the power to withdraw their support from, thousands and thousands of us dumping tens of thousands of bags and bags of Cheerios Helicopters full of Cheerios, airdropping Cheerios into every open field and plaza, until no one can walk without the soft crunch of them underfoot, until there is nowhere their dust does not linger Cheerios following elected officials everywhere they go: every speech, every town hall, every family outing Cheerios poured out at their feet, at their table, into their empty handshaking palms Pouring a bowl of Cheerios for you this morning Covering myself in Cheerios On the front steps of City Hall, Statehouse, White House Taking you with me Setting you to the side Dumping bags and bags of Cheerios Over the top of my head While you sit Taking the match Striking the match Pouring the milk * Holding your body this morning Your oversize toddler body Your delicate spine Your baby brother’s delicate head In the exact manner Of the image “A catastrophe” Not for Judaism Only but For all human kin * When I spilled you from the stroller your knee Bled & bled & that blood Could feed A country
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