Common Knowledge



Common Knowledge
What it was supposed to be about
was political unrest in the house of my father
and about crisscrossing streets
in a dream neighborhood in someplace like Houston
It was supposed to be about fear
of losing one’s soul
from looking too long at an ancient wall hanging
in a museum
I was relieved to find a piece of myself
in blue and white circles and exes
It was just the piece I needed
to complete a puzzle
It was supposed to be a picture of a serpent and bird
I thought it would reflect what I believed
to be the true religion
Instead the ghost of my mother
smiled at me and said try again
I went to the woods to find out what was wrong
in my thinking
What I found was unsettling
a crow and some dead fish
I was afraid I would be killed or tortured
to keep from telling
Now it seems I was the last to know
Copyright 1991 Beridha Beridha.
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