“Hearing” by Jake Nordstrom
it’s all in the ear
the unconscious
eidetic discernment
of decency’s sounds
perfect packets
of audible memory
set-pieces pitched
as esthetic ideals
within deep
secret centers
electrically charged
limbic episodes
bearing distinctions
of pure synesthesia
a rarely placed gift
that must suffer
great pain to endure
through a lifetime
cacophonous discord
and dissonant speech
of unflinching
political hacks
who assault the
intelligent senses
of citizens
yearning for
elegant music of
justice and truth
fairly played in a
most human harmony
