Free Again [excerpt]

            Why don't people 
tell the truth—you scare people—genocide and 
how the rich got rich—even a bus shines 
differently in the light, the glowing 
splinters—why don't people talk more about 
the government and power—how do I know 
the rich can't sleep—promise me the rich can't 
sleep—

Credit

Author

Joseph Lease

Joseph Lease is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Fire Season (Chax Press, 2023); The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018); Human Rights (Talisman House, 2013); Testify (Coffee House Press, 2011) and Broken World (Coffee House Press, 2007). His work has been anthologized in Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology, Second Edition (W. W.

Date Published

01/01/2007