Robes of Injustice
Hell, it was my judge who was implicated in the crime the jury committed. The red in their faces matched the blue-blood in his veins, and I could sense his robes getting all bunched...
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Wisteria
At a rest stop in Washington I find wisteria pods empty, curled, leather brown strewn in grass like snakes their skin embalmed egyptians sucked of life, except for seeds shaking, brittle rattles the rain...
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Cocoon
In the eastern side of my room There are pages of written on paper. They hide one another. They slumber there covered Like layers of lovers. Each sheets words are gloved by another. If...
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Gravity
The day that Gravity multiplied Is the day that changed the world. The birds fell out the sky And all the children lost their curls. Cause something below was stirring And a force was...
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We sang this for Shekem
WE SANG THIS FOR SHEKEM I am the diamond black like sweet-soft-night loving himself, the countless stars of my presence illuminating the spiral of history’s journey, I am the jewel formed of ancient myth...
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A cold creed
CANDOUR AND VALOUR There’s many a one on the rise or wane Relating a lifetime’s defaults and bane In print, on air, or screen with the refrain ‘I’ve no regrets, I’d do it all...
The Harmless Thoughts of a London Gynecologist
Mrs. Mangum, is it?” “Mangrum, Doctor Delk, there’s an R you see.” He has a glimpse of her in the mirror above the basin where he is washing, she is mousey, she might be...
Easy on My Grave
Rosemary stands at the kitchen sink in a pale orange terrycloth bathrobe, bruised hands submerged in soapy water that smells of lemons and years of yellowing regrets. She shifts from one tired foot to...
A Memory Made Flesh
(music: la double vie de veronique) The swallows came back today, like thin baby boomerangs they returned to their place of origin. I know not how many bomb blasted years have gone by since...
Bieber Fever
There are only two people to blame in this situation: myself, and Justin Bieber. I understand that waiting for his plane to arrive and following him back to his house then climbing through his...
The Hanged Man
I am writing to report that I am in a most uncomfortable position, immobilised as I am between the shutters and the wall of my fair apartment, hanging by a shoestring from my left...
Sardines
Some say the Christmas holidays are stressful because of busyness and having a tight budget. I have always been one to disagree with this notion. I think holidays—whether it is Christmas or Fourth of...
