“Stoppers” “Little Alien” & “Toys”
Is it a roofing nail? Its
point meant to fill
a cervix. Later, with legs
splayed to lock it in
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“I Am You”, “Chimes of a Bell”, “She Walked Away” & “An Undying Suffering”
Here, for a transitory period, existence questioned sometimes,
I make you seen, an invisible pain killing me.
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After the Bars Let Out
The streets were barren at 3:00 a.m. Up and down the main drag, the bars had all let out. She meandered in a sleepy stupor, bags beneath her eyes slipping off her cheeks. One could say she presented drunkenness.
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Black As…
Dad is black
Black as tar
And then some more
He’s not a slave
But who can tell for sure
Cause he’s black
Sometimes blacker
Than a moonless night
Apologies
“That’s seven. And eight,” I said. “Two in a row!” “The next stop is a few miles,” my father said. I was no longer a child, but I felt like one on that drive.