Lantern Review: Issue 5
Takeo Rivera
I’ll never forget you.
We marched in the streets
for you
And everything I do
will be in your memory
I’ll always love you
(freeze)
we can change the world
if we organize, we agitate,
I wanna stop trying to change the
world
Deep down I just wanna
Curl up and hide
(freeze)
I’ll always love you
but
is it true that love is finite?
There’s only so much of me to
give
only so much compassion to go
around
I mean I used to believe that
we can change the world
(freeze)
(38’s attention is now
drawn to 18 and 28)
Curl up and hide,
Kronos.
That’s all I’ve done, isn’t
it?
(beat)
I swear to God I haven’t
forgotten about you.
I dedicated my first book
to you
(freeze)
Have I always loved you
enough?
(freeze)