beards

Beards are big now

long and bushy and thick

testosterone manifest on

jutting chins

groomed into submission and

displayed as facial proof

of virility.

etchings

my hand rests on

ancient etchings

rocks scarred by

human passing,

pointing to the

path ahead

spiraling circle of life

soaring mackaw

roaming sheep

and totems

call us to the past

chopsticks

Eating sushi with my friend

he asks me to teach him the

secret of chopsticks, but I know

that it is something we must

each discover

in our own time.