November 5, 2025

No Enemies Moon

Full Moon  November 5, 2025

Love is how we pop the tyrannical bubble.New wonders in this slanting autumn light

ephemeral display

tang of bird-sown plum

over-the-hill chicken of the woods

spray of fresh-cut blue gum chips freckled in oxalis

despite the spray of idiots

on the full moon, here in this weird life

I ring the bell

inviting people into a shared shape

both patriotic & revolutionary

the fog lit from below by resistance, movement

how you pull from outer space like high tide

being a student of empathy

she cites the healed femur of archaeology

& says, “This is the beginning of love”

like an arrow-straight fish hook

or knot-impressed ceramics

the plant matter woven basket

that incredibly holds water & boils roots.

It’s a miracle to make a new way in peace.

We nurse & care for one another

like the generational pull

of the free light falling from above.

POEM BY
Qayyum Johnson
ARTWORK BY SUIKO MCCALL

How to Pop the Tyrannical Bubble, 2025.

Pigment on paper, 8x6”.

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