and i shall dwell in the house of the lord forever
Robert Beveridge
“We have a fire, and light fires with that fire, that will light other fires, until the world will bathe in the light from the fire.” – anonymous
It is a simple equation: lightning
strikes plus dry trees equals a wildfire
and a lot of lightning and a lot
of dry trees equals the entire west
coast ablaze
and then ask yourself how many
bullets it takes in the backs
of Black men to equal one
lightning bolt
about the writer
Robert Beveridge (he/him) makes noise (xterminal.bandcamp.com) and writes poetry in Akron, OH. Recent/upcoming appearances in Stone of Madness, Thirteen Myna Birds, and Caustic Frolic, among others.