SLATED FOR REMOVAL EXTENSIVE ROOT STRUCTURE No damage, just Thickened roots, a civic threat rising Up between the cracks of the concrete And diving back down like a child’s drawing Of a sea monster The handinhands hurry along Downtown is a taming with matching heels; A precautionary execution a tree a tree a tree
Nora is a writer, poet, and border destroyer, who is currently working on counteroppression training and facilitating mutual aid networks in Idaho. You can find her poetry in Release, Sundog Lit, and forthcoming in Otis Nebula (Fall/Winter 2013). Essay/prose has appeared on Waging Nonviolence and Tidal. She also writes a monthly column titled "In Common," discussing community and resistance. Check it out at tidalmag.org.