Resurrection City 2023

Inaugural Poem for Poet Laureateship

A city stands in the Everglades found by

Stained buildings slapdash patched and painted 

Leaked inside shelter the women bound by 

Uniforms and rags worn by time stitched concertina 

Wire blue on blue on blue threaded round to 

Keep us who are not you according to our numbers 

Never by names so many they astound this 

Crowd draining all our broken hearts and lives 

Hope changes you see we are wound with 

You not far from Resurrection City 1967