power draft

Lilliputian gladhander toward beings

you consider worthy of your craft.

You twist and turnstile the davenport

of 

You craft language to curtain away 

each see-through syllable you release, 

each dependent on a dull blade of a mind 

on an even duller day. You embolden

yourself to make elves of those you think

underlings, none of whom, you suppose

could catch the drift of mendacious whiffs

you mean to be caught, ruminated on

You show through your 

What do you think of when you hear the word “power”? What does it mean to have power? What does it mean to use it? What does it mean to abuse it? How does it feel when it’s taken away? 

The word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others. 

We want to read literature and take in media that explore, provoke, challenge, reconsider, evoke, or explode that concept for you.