" Concrete Steps "..:

" Concrete Steps "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Concrete steps
coming down the stretch
facing drug tests

like being denied
eating ice cream
for breakfast

while questioning,
"What makes Texas Texas?"
and "How do you fix
a troubled DC metro system?"

boosted by ultra-wealth
in discrepant
general elections

extending influence
vetting medical attention
with gunmen yelling
to gang members
of never-never forevers

declining to comment
getting upset at the memories
of mistaken identity
after being subjected to far-
less-rigorous ballistics testing...