for Mandy
like a readying breath
for a worldwide corset
you make the impossible beautiful
you break revolution down
into free gifts and short stories
i imagine your days
as a mosaic of boarding passes
an archive where the artifacts
are themselves
containers
for full air technologies
the quality of seeing through smoke
the superpower of listening past tolerance
like a penciled reminder of possibility
you hold the luxury of yes
you trace the footpaths to "we"
as the windbreaker against no itself
yours is a tale for roadtrips
a beat for banjos
through bright lenses of salt
yours is a story of move meant
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Mandy is one of the founders of Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
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