Frozen

every movement
has been too much
has gone too far
or not far enough

bad or good we
still need to find
the in-between

bad or good we
still have to break
the soulless mean

every movement
needs a coffee klatch

a roomful of ideas

a woman’s touch

every movement
must wear an anarchist’s watch

a handless timepiece
an armless wrestle
a march through Gotham
the lengths we will go to
we have been skating across
a lake still frozen
time to be warmer

time for unbroken
every movement
has been too much
has gone too far
or not far enough

bad or good we
still need to find

what we have lost most

bad or good
we have to lose
the meaningless boast
bad or good we

have to find the
the meaningful touch

defrost and arm
regroup the charm
retreat and go begging

offensive is everything