listen
as i tame tacit tears.
recite medicinal mantras.
redact sedated scare tactics. centrist dissidents
set at ease. masses rendered calm.
a candidate sits
in a rancid citadel.
salts streets in sadistic dreams.
men stained and salient. satiated sinners,
slanted saints
(animals, all). amnesia ends
in arsenic antics. terminates an endless limerence.
mental dams
erected, certainties amassed.
limited science and
limitless
lies.
—
Jacqueline Gordon is a poet from Northern California and her work has been published with Open Ceilings Magazine. She has a degree in English from UC Davis and graduated with Highest Honors in 2019. She currently lives in Seattle and writes professionally as a UX content designer.
