the difference

between torch light

and candlelight

(HT @AlyssaHarad, who first tweeted this... I just broke it into three lines and switched the order a bit)

hospital visit —

I put the rudbeckia

in a plastic cup

simply holding on

until the rain subsides —

side yard swallowtail

bamboo’s slow creep

from the yard to the house —

we finally notice

nobody’s free

until everybody’s free —

Fannie Lou Hamer

the protesters

closest to the baby

smiling when she laughs

tiptoeing through

so rest of us can sleep —

twin fawns in the field