A new poem by ThisCantBeHappening! resident poet Gary Lindorff

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Right there in the middle of the field,

A silver tree.

That tree all by itself 

Wants me to be its eyes,

To tell it what's coming.

Or who. . .

I used to be able to see like that.

Sycamore --

Two trees in one --

You can't decide what bark to wear!

. . .Like me.

Sometimes I think I have a light behind me

And I turn to see

If the moon is out.

Too bad I can't stop moving. . .

I would go to that tree

But I can't stop driving,

I mean thinking.

Anyway, I can't. . .

Have already moved on.

And that tree

Thinks that I can do whatever I want. . .

Stop,

Walk into the field,

Take as long as it takes,

Climb,

Rest on a branch like

A jewel-eyed cat.

            -- Gary Lindorff

GARY LINDORFF, TCBH!'s resident poet, is an artist, musician, poet and counselor / dream-worker who practices shamanic techniques, and who lives in rural Vermont with his wife Shirley and two dogs. He can be reached at Email address removed

Submitter: Dave Lindorff

Submitters Website: http://www.thiscantbehappening.net

Submitters Bio:

Dave Lindorff, winner of a 2019 "Izzy" Award for Outstanding Independent Journalism from the Park Center for Independent Media in Ithaca, is a founding member of the collectively-owned, journalist-run online newspaper www.thiscantbehappening.net. He is a columnist for Counterpunch, is author of several recent books ("This Can't Be Happening! Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy" and "Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Penalty Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal"). His latest book, coauthored with Barbara Olshanshky, is "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office (St. Martin's Press, May 2006).