The Lion's Share of Ourselves

© KJ Hannah Greenberg, 2026

The Lion’s Share of Ourselves.
Cyberwit, India.
Forthcoming, 2026.

Self-reflection sometimes culls unwanted discoveries. Nonetheless, it’s imperative, now and then, to investigate the assemblages of parts that constitute us. Without examination, these bits and bobs are liable to “rust,” or worse. So, inventory’s key.

Consequently, the poems in The Lion’s Share of Ourselves might explore commonplace goings-on such as discarded goods and people, the difficulties inherent in whistle blowing, and alternative therapies for affective disorders, but they’re vital. Poetry is not just unicorns and rainbows—equally, it ought to be employed to deconstruct human experiences.

That is, it’s only when the legislation, assessment, and execution of our acts are divided among us, can our accountability be considered “balanced.” Neither linguistic robdozers nor cabulances will ever suffice to illuminate the sundry gradations of our behaviors. Rather, we must look within.

Preface
Introduction: I Recite Tehillim
1. Yesterday
1.1 The Chewiness of Yak Cheese
1.2 Boujee Girls
1.3 Allergies
1.4 Yesteryear’s Pancakes
1.5 Jute Mallow
1.6 Yesterday’s Relativity
1.7 Youthful Profligacy
1.8 A Little Bit Predacious
1.9 Habituated Tautologies
1.10 Peduncles
1.11 Reticent
1.12 Brass Knobs and Bobby Pins
1.13 Interregnum of the Heart
1.14 Sanewashing
1.15 700 Routes to Hula Hooping
1.16 Leal
1.17 Instantiation
1.18 Reprisal
1.19 Randos
1.20 Heart’s Tret
2. Today
2.1 Clipboard Cat
2.2 That Operose Capybara
2.3 Contrapuntal
2.4 Doxed
2.5 Conciliatory
2.6 Ailing Stars
2.7 Beyond My Cheerless Affect
2.8 Veneers
2.9 Kohlrabi Krunch’s Mimics
2.10 Drunk Emailing
2.11 Riding on Rainbows
2.12 Stretch
2.13 Blandish
2.14 Oxymel
2.15 Dore
2.16 More Surface on the Sand
2.17 Skiff
2.18 Bletted
2.19 Not Coruscating
2.20 Okapi
3. Tomorrow
3.1 Equine Expiry
3.2 Janky Advice
3.3 Xenial
3.4 Because Birds Sing
3.5 Unmitigated Furriness
3.6 Little, Noisy Yum-Yum
3.7 Tomorrow’s Ersatz Journeys
3.8 Orgulous
3.9 The Stippling Construction of Tomorrow
3.10 Tomorrow’s Limerences
3.11 Ferocious Rain
3.12 Orchids in Mine Shafts
3.13 Origami Furniture
3.14 Whether to Osculate
3.15 The Demise of the Ultracrepid
3.16 Liquor Store Boxes
3.17 Effulgence
3.18 Wingless Words
3.19 Thundersnow
3.20 Our Future
Conclusion: At Day’s End
Poetry Credits
Art Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Other Books by KJ Hannah Greenberg