Recorded Reading (0:53): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/md8n7ulylkg9lxyqu08po/walking-the-perimeter.mp3?rlkey=81kt5gto5u7qhp15huvsqotjr&dl=0

walking the perimeter

out here
not a cloud disturbs
the glaring summer sky

supplies
are scarce

the triumphant voice
of the raptor
carries far
over barren land

all that is small
seeks the shadows

the shadows
seek you

not liking it
that they are
clearly seen

they know you

are almost ready
to go back

and deliver
your report

*****

Until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ and to begin once again to create professional connections and to rebuild her life, this poet presently lives homeless and at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level ~ still working seven days a week to contribute to her society, however.

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