No poem is a simple thing
All those
S p a c e s
Adolescent letters overcompensate
“Let’s say nothing about…(ssssh) punctuation
I remember
The first time with cummings”
“No capitals – that’s so low born”
I remember
A friend made
Lived
And gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on
The perilous beauty
(really haze pollution)
Dostyovski
I stole that book –
Paid the library back
Cause I couldn’t
Imagine a world
Where you could own such a precious symphony of humanness.
You comforted me in a moment of loss.
This should be another poem
Okri
Whitehead
You are branded
Underneath
Ink
Letters
Promises
My blood part
Now made
A love affair while musiced by Dylan
Close enough to touch
I should have said yes
Too many lifetimes
Seasons
Spent enthralled
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I love those CHAV boys
Their play grounds are concrete
But they know their places.
Too many too remember
All those “angry women”
“others”
Too tired to coat the truth.
I knew they were bad for me
Fuck – “girls just wanna…”
Dim lights – change set
You got me banned,
A technicality – an enemy officer
I remember that night like a movie
You were there
Calming frightened boys
As your homeland
Burned.
I watched you lie
Once you met us
When you heard about a place
Where the colour of your skin
Didn’t target you for death.
You made that lie real
“Next time sleep NATO”
I meet the [REDACTED]
“Do you have terrorist affiliations?
My “What’s your time frame?”
Wrong answer
Cause I got blood
From lots of places/times
Where folks like us
Were punished
Wrong side of that battle.
500 lbs of rope to kill a man?
What civil servant procured?
Is there a form for that?
Did Louie himself
Fill out forms?
More letters
I even judged the letters – scrabble whores
“X, Y, Z”
Pervert
No family
Forever alone
Values printed on their faces
““Q” can be a real thrill”
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On stage reveal –
Leave no letter unloved
Cause
Your story
Your truth
You
All medicines to the circle
Pehiw Wandering 2022
