But They Don’t Fall Down
my ex sent me
a drunken email
at 2:08 a.m. and copied our judge
he called me a “Weeble”
(among other things)
for my refusal to stay down
after repeated
legal punches
I printed a
picture of Weebles® and
glued it to
my heroes-poster-collage
where
Ghandi walks
Rosa Parks sits
Malala speaks
Mother Teresa touches
Corrie Ten Boom hides
MLK marches
Sacajawea leads
Joan of Arc charges
Hildegaard sings
Nelson Mandela forgives
Crazy Horse fights
Julian of Norwich guides
Philippine Duchesne teaches
Joan Chittister preaches
Arab Spring protesters shout
Burmese Monks challenge
D.C. Mayor Bowser paints
BLACK LIVES MATTER
and a lone
Chinese student
stares down a tank
in Tiananmen Square
-Tara L. Carnes
“But They Don’t Fall Down” Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction Vol. 27 No. 4, Dec. 2021 Print.