… Read moresix grams of whisky
single shot of it
ballistic and flying
Houston, bring me inpayload of disaster
fun at every turn
Venus keeps on
Tonic or sin?
… Read moreboot on pedal
my mind straddles
coffee and gin
love’s wrong battlescowboy at heart
lone star hero
blistered and bruised
rowdy cattlepastor’s remorse
Folios of revenge
… Read morefolios of revenge
appeasement
solicitudebound nefariously
totem of man
dated, fadedsatirical
convoluted
lost
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Aye, said I, to the sire
… Read moreaye
said I
to the sireeve of mercy
respite from toil
frolic by fireaye
said I
to the sirebehead the beast
furlough
Children of pilgrims
… Read morechildren of pilgrims
persecuted for
their ‘colored’ faiths and devotionsshan’t, nay, won’t
persecute
pilgrims for
their ‘colored’ races and passions
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Tangled in a web of I.O.U.s
… Read moretangled in a web of I.O.U.s
a cultural attack
resilient and perverseand we watch
unperturbed
lulled into subserviencewe, who thought
and believed
and
Voices vex me…
… Read morevanquished voices
world away
vex me
vying to
wake me
when my dream
vain, vacuous
veers me
way from
valiant
voice
within
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I spread farouche on loaf of bread
… Read moreearly morning
I spread farouche
on loaf of breadaloof to smell
or tastejust a sharp
bitemy brain
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The lonely pilgrim
… Read morelet’s pray
the lonely pilgrim
whose sin
we made believe
soars above
man and God
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Love Can’t Hate
… Read moreFAITH
is loveLOVE
can’t hateHATE
won’t blind
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