according to their
ABILITY
to each
according to their
NEED
I was thinking about that today TOO
I remember
arguing with my mom
in nineteen eighty
WAIT
until you
ARE
RICH
to VOTE like
you WERE ALREADY
I identified
UNION family
my paw paw was IBEW
& my father was
in the sign painters union
OH
I had forgotten THIS
he used to say
he was pretty sure you were
SUPPOSED to have gone to prison to join
& he wasn't sure how he had managed to get in
I DID
think about my dad some
in relation to HOW
I don't think I
LOOK
how I look
he was always talking to me about
PROJECTING
BUT
so much of what we SEE is body posture
CONFIDENCE -- the SPIRIT that
ANIMATES
he had a bunch of them
SOME were LIKE training
~if you see someone without a smile
give them one of yours
~if you are ever walking in an area
where you don't FEEL
SAFE
PROJECT --
I am LATE for the THING
NEARBY
where I am
EXPECTED
I don't think
that's what most dad's probably do, huh
