Lay upon the asphalt of your tender life.
Where is your OK line?

Does it fall straight or
Wander like a rivers ebb?

Does your OK line look away from Native children
forced to give up their language
with a safety pin in their tongue?

Does your OK line conform blindly with false prophets who seek control
making it easy
for you to turn away
   from suffering?

My OK line seeks parity,
self-determination,
and soothing
With my voice and images
that will never be silenced in a democracy
but could be sold to the highest bidder in a dictatorship.

Silence kills
and you suffer less
believing you are somehow more disserving.
You are as equal
as the stone stuck in the sole of your shoe.
We all hurt the same.

Remember discomfort
is equal for all.
That's the OK line.
Stone, thorn, blade
and heart.
Bleed, red
but bleed less
in the company
of a battling generation
who votes the OK line
For freedom
of choice
Until our last breath.