Day: July 27, 2023

hermes psychopomposhermes psychopompos

downtown
standing on the corner
cigarette in my hand

a man shuffles by, walking with a limp
he chuckles and grins
looking straight ahead he says, you understand?

he passes and i see something written in black ink
in a spidery hand on the back of his dirty camel-hair jacket

i can’t make out what it says
it’s written in paragraphs
properly indented
he chuckles again, crossing the street against the light
a horn honks and tires screech

(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

egyptian morningegyptian morning

the drovers move slowly,
driving their cattle across the river ford.

shepherds herd their sheep,
trotting across the fields.

the length of the foot is three times the width of the hand.

i shade my eyes,
and climb to heaven on the beams of the sun.

(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

“Laws are the product of compromise, and no law pursues its purposes at all costs.” – Justice Neil Gorsuch, Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al. (No. 21-887, United States Supreme Court, March 21, 2023) (internal cites and quotes omitted)