Awareness Across the Whole Realm by Ben Nardolilli

Give no reigns to greed,
No whip to pride
And to malice no throne,

Keep the prejudiced
To the edges of the pasture,
Let them face the woods,

And this is how might
Makes all right,
And how it might all work,

Seeking not the change
Of hearts but to worry
About their arrangement instead

Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, fwriction, Inwood Indiana, Pear Noir, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry. He blogs at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and is looking to publish a novel.