G86 – We Tried To

We tried to make an angel together,
but didn't
conceive the inconceivable
with minds that could not understand conception;
tied two shoes together.

We tried to deter it,
ow tweed riot; we toe dirt.
we do trite, wide otter.
red toe wit.

Wet editor, it towered:
we tried to make Gregory think we were clever
but we couldn’t all fit in the volkswagen.
So many clowns.

We tried to
but could not understand,
rise above it.
We tried to welcome all voices
but we failed in all these counts.



Brenda Schmidt, Priscilla Brett, Bryne Helen Lewis, Pearl Pirie, Catherine Heard, Amanda Earl, Colleen Kett, Rachel Goetzke, Donato Mancini, Joseph Brown