Leaves

We were searching for white shells on the shores of after sleep and we got into leaves,like leaves to tree, or not at all. We cannot take a no from the tree.

We searched for white shells but got brown men in their acts of oppression. Brown men oppress brown women, who want to wear wings. Brown women prefer white men who oppress less. White women too wish to wear their wings against white men. All women wish to wear garments against woman.

Brown women must wear poems not as fig leaves against brown men’s shame but against the inside howls of their poetry. Poetry comes as leaves to tree or not at all . From their men’s shame come their wings of leaves they may wear on their ascent to the sun. The leaves may turn yellow with poetry but they can be used to light small winter fires by the sidewalk .