Her fiancé has landed in Tel-Aviv,
I gather from her side of the conversation
(the only audible side
as it has so often been)
with Patrick over the phone.
News of riots in Jerusalem
igniting fanciful thoughts of the worst.
Who can blame her?
She made her way across the world
to see cruelty lurking in the corners,
bruises left by racist fists upon
dear friends faces.
But don’t worry sister.
Ben can take care of himself,
and his family as well.
And he will be back soon,
to take care of you.
how to use:
as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:
(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)
after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”
“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category
“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus
just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice