Gayle J. Greenlea

IT’S AGAINST MY RELIGION TO ACCOMMODATE NAZIS

A deeper cut reveals a culture of psychopathy: a party sickened by its hatred, misogyny and xenophobia; grown too accustomed to deceit; blaming others for its missteps; compromised by a paralysis of ideas; resorting to character assassination and abject humiliation of perceived enemies; ...

DefIbrillation

The bones of Winter lie like soldiers disturbing earth's peace

a clutter of carnage bearing witness to the assault on life



 Arab Spring, your hope is tarnished


stains of blood weep widening Rorschachs in the snow…

Wonderland

It was your pocket watch I saw first

through vibrating strings

and I followed your music by the river

the sound of you thumping in my chest

leaves of the forest winding 'round us like a jungle…

More Good Trouble

Zero Gravity

I have one happy memory of you, us, 


playing as father and daughter should,


your hands firmly grasping my arms, 

as I hold on to yours.


You swing me in a great wide circle; 

I shrill with delight over

the way my long hair sails behind me

and before me in the glinting sun like

a cape or the mane of a flying wild horse, 


…

America’s Melting Pot is in Meltdown

With a stroke of a pen, Trump shattered our heritage and cultural identity as a nation that welcomes immigrants. Politicians in Washington said the Statue of Liberty, symbol of the compassion we have historically offered strangers, is weeping over Trump ‘s ban on refugees, specifically Muslim refugees and anyone fleeing Syria. In week one of Trump’s presidency, we have lost slivers of our humanity. Trump slices away at us as if we are a cake he cannot consume fast enough.

Resistance

It’s inconceivable that a demagogue and his ill-equipped sycophants could take control of our country with the help of an enemy foreign power, and proceed to destroy all that is good and wholesome about America. If I wrote a thriller about such a coup, my publisher would say it’s too far-fetched to sell.