it’s funny how…
I love my ‘killer’
who will kill me
’cause I’m gay
’cause I’m black
’cause I’m different
it’s funny how…
I love … Read more
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it’s funny how…
I love my ‘killer’
who will kill me
’cause I’m gay
’cause I’m black
’cause I’m different
it’s funny how…
I love … Read more
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I bowed and walked in
as magistrates
deliberated
I asked
are you left
or right?
a voice replied
neither
just trying to set it right… Read more
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a caravan of elephants and giraffes
mosquitoes on their backs
and a former trooper
masqueraded as a nomad
their flag-bearer
down the unfinished highway
in … Read more
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that white blemish
won’t tarnish
your beautiful black soul
the red blood
won’t stain
your beautiful black skin
those bullets of hate
are forgiven
as … Read more
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I don’t search for it
in a book
nor carvings in stone
I feel it
in my heart
that bond
that connection
to young and … Read more
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passersby
be forewarned
there’s fire in his heart
ladies, gents
take heed
he’ll pull you in, can’t part
he’s let free all his senses
let … Read more
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rolling hills
gold, green, mauve
me, in transit
passing by
thoughts… fleeting
eyes… floating
time… still
confined to this dream
colorful, serene
captured in scenes… Read more
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box of handmade chocolate
some white, some dark
few bitter, some sweet
some soft, few hard
all perfect chocolate ‘essence’
and delicious handmade ‘flaws’
a … Read more
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rumbling
gushing
giggling
white water
in midsummer
is feisty
horny
ready to please
but a canoe
can’t fly
Shawn… Read more
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jelly and crackers
Freddie and Karl
camp and kinky
this couple snarls
ketchup and soda
bagel and cheese
things that match
will these two please?… Read more