Our mother loves us This, I know is true but who has helped her I could name just a few Gas bills, kids, a 7am to 11pm life as many others before have done Spending many opaque moons crying wishing to candles, she was not the one Leeching hordes have drained her, worn that smile … Continue reading Mother
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EP: An Agony. As Now. By Amiri Baraka
I am inside someonewho hates me. I lookout from his eyes. Smellwhat fouled tunes come into his breath. Love hiswretched women. Slits in the metal, for sun. Wheremy eyes sit turning, at the cool airthe glance of light, or hard fleshrubbed against me, a woman, a man,without shadow, or voice, or meaning. This is the … Continue reading EP: An Agony. As Now. By Amiri Baraka
Bogoshipoh
The thought of...whatbeing with you would be likehas circumnavigated my earsswarmed my dreams andhijacked the daily bubble'sThe thought of...whatbeing with you would be likehas circumnavigated my earsswarmed my dreams andhijacked the daily bubble'sThe thought of...whatbeing with you would be likehas circumnavigated my earsswarmed my dreams andhijacked the daily bubble'sA signal stolen and encodedwith your bodies … Continue reading Bogoshipoh
The Flirt
On a late Saturday evening I met a pocket-size sunset her skin an August moonlight and smile a rowing canoe Dark brown eyebrows, sunlit hills She was confidently timid but carried a lax sleepy airy voice I asked her “How are you?" Followed by a sneeze quick "What's your name?" Rapidly running questions that expressed … Continue reading The Flirt
A walk by the stream
I always listen to you shifting orhypothesizing like an older storm,that's still pondering how it should cross oceans or dock on northern lands.Your plans shuffling as if the table is full of uncharted maps and scribbles.The irrational and logical playing rock, papers, scissors; best of fivewithin your small apartment walls.A hem and haw tugs on … Continue reading A walk by the stream
EP: Someone Leans Near By Toni Morrison
Someone leans nearAnd sees the salt your eyes have shed. You wait, longing to hearWords of reason, love or playTo lash or lull you toward the hollow day. Silence kneads your fearOf crumbled star-ash sifting downClouding the rooms here, here. You shore up your heart to run. To stay.But no sign or design marks the … Continue reading EP: Someone Leans Near By Toni Morrison
Two Thoughts
How did this sorrow travel so far?The letters slid across my new screen;a collection of words, each harder to readI was in bed, watching sleep churn as a sickening pattern veered past the quiet"What the fuck...seriously WHAT THE FUCK?" We had just enjoyed a Queens dinner last January.My letter recently arrived bringing hope andour friends … Continue reading Two Thoughts
A Ruby
An almost perfect gem even in the mined soil She still wears a hard smile as her friends struggle to fill the fracture A radiated joy that cant be devoured or consumed The music has not stopped, it's just a break so I can practice Those tiny feet are still moving waiting for me to … Continue reading A Ruby
Jurassic Diet: Meal Time
Plan your hunts for the week to make sure you stick to your calorie count.
EP: The Fish
I caught a tremendous fish and held him beside the boat half out of water, with my hook fast in a corner of his mouth. He didn't fight. He hadn't fought at all. He hung a grunting weight, battered and venerable and homely. Here and there his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper, … Continue reading EP: The Fish
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