https://portside.org/2022-09-16/interrupting-flights-angels

Interrupting

The Flights

Of Angels

 

By Beau Beausoleil

 

Along the

backroads 

of Heaven

are the

roadside

diners

that serve

apple pie

and good

coffee

for as

long as

your personal

infinity lasts

And from

those diner

windows

you can watch

your mother and

father walk

together under

any moon

you choose

Or you can look

in this direction

as a favorite 

Queen or King

sits idly by

while nations

are colonized

and people

are killed

trying to gain

their freedom

You have

all the time

left in the world

to study the maps

of empire and terror

as they change

but  endure

like royalty

Beau Beausoleil is a poet and activist (Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here) based in San Francisco, California. His most recent book of poetry is, Another Way Home (Blue Light Press 2022).