Heads Held Aloft

A note to be held in trust—
Promises make porous nets.

Power is ephemeral
And rarely pays back its debts.

Sadly, this seems also true
Of righteousness and revolt.

The false in the personal
Holds true in the general—

Humans are ephemeral,
And each of us runs up debts.

Some of us chase down others,
But that’s as good it gets.