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she swept her collapse under her bed
nights ran her fingers through the dust
knelt in prayer to cover herself, tossed
moonlight particles visible through
cracked curtain, humming the bird's
song of reds and yellows and whites
phantoms from daylight, green clovered
specters charred grey, tugged by rain

fingertip sores, eyes pussed over, ache
counting minutes to eat hunger, low,
a plane beats it's way through summer
breeze, carries her inside its fuselage
leaking fuel, realizing the tank ruptures… Continue

10 years perspective mutates
'that's a man, yo' into
'that's a nigger right there, yo'
teen boys in the crowd respond with awe
the girls' imaginations dampen
while mine swallows me whole

"can they really tell?"
passing by, not looking, passing by
don't let them see the dick
my lips agrip
not long but thick
and oval

a pencil, the whole shaft
sharpened by a knife
an arrows point
atop a spear head
"how can I suck this
without dragging my teeth?"

hardly no 'dingle dangle
to dangle in the dirt, dr… Continue