In April, I had the honor of joining the inaugural online poetry salon Dispatches from the Multi-Verse organized by Victory Palace Poetry.
The exceptionally talented poets Tesstamona, Vareesha Khan, and Victory Palace also participated, and we each read a selection of poems. The above clip comprises my readings of I Wish I Knew How: A Rehumanizing Algorithm, A Streak of Mean, In the End, When My Body Stops, Ode to a Whistleblower, and one previously unpublished poem, The Magic Scale, which you will find below.
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The Magic Scale
by Margaret Anna Alice
When a person does it, it’s stalking.
When a government does it, it’s security.
When a person does it, it’s assault.
When a government does it, it’s public health.
When a person does it, it’s robbery.
When a government does it, it’s building roads.
When a person does it, it’s blackmail.
When a government does it, it’s diplomacy.
When a person does it, it’s pedophilia.
When a government does it, it’s networking.
When a person does it, it’s murder.
When a government does it, it’s national defense.
When a person does it, it’s lying.
When a corporation does it, it’s public affairs.
When a person does it, it’s cheating.
When a corporation does it, it’s a loophole.
When a person does it, it’s bribery.
When a corporation does it, it’s lobbying.
When a person does it, it’s laundering.
When a corporation does it, it’s offshore banking.
When a person does it, it’s bankruptcy.
When a corporation does it, it’s too big to fail.
When a person does it, it’s poisoning.
When a corporation does it, it’s lifesaving.
Oh, the magic of the scale when it’s tipped
from person to institution,
from one to a million,
from specific to generic,
from concrete to abstract.Additional Featured Poems
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