Hey,

With the intention of abandoning the hierarchies of capitalism—

The machinery of thought. Hey, with the desire of growing lilacs

In our community garden, bougainvillea running along the wall. 

Hey, as we denounce the walls of isolation and marginalization. 

No, to the elite. No, to centuries of settler colonialism,

Their insistence, we are immigrants on our own land. 

Hey, at midnight, beneath the candle of the moon: our arms

Interlocked like laurels painted onto the rims of renaissance paintings.

Hey, I miss you. I never even met you: let’s take a deep dive

Into each other’s bookshelves, until we find oceans of imagery

And metaphors we can discuss, dissect, not for ego’s sake, but for love.