Universities in autumn
are terrifying spaces
Walls unscrawled upon
life incomplete closing in
Historicity of grain
brewed into God’s love
is serious business
The thing left undone
in that big ol’ brain
Bounded by colonized color
let loose like a prohibited keg
All this stress for drink
& something to eat
though that makes a people
material culture contained
by the overworked mind
sodden – desperate like thirst
But the care of a friend
grounds a body to a life
Makes a scholar stop
remember why she is here:
it’s the person not the letters
we break bread with
The shared plate
The one who cooks &
the other who cares
about this mess
Tony Brewer is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He co-produces the Writers Guild Spoken Word Series and the Urban Deer Performance Series. His books include Good Job, Lightning (Stubborn Mule Press) and Water Witch (Pure Sleeze Press). More at linktr.ee/TonyBrewer
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