Dirt 

Attempts to divide 

affirm my loyalty to dirt 

to the way it holds such vast conversation

and discriminates against none,

taking us all in,

making honest our bodies at long last.

All this fighting the gravity of

common ground.

The humiliation will be grand, 

(that is to say the fall back to humus - dirt - earth)

for all who raise their hand above their kin.

And still dirt will not discriminate

or harbour hurt,

dirt receives, digests, assimilates.

After all this is said and done 

let’s convene,

a worm council in the warm soil.