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A Letter Found From Lady Liberty
(Warning the story gets a lttle dark and has a sensative topic. I hope I portrayed it well and respectably) -
Small Talk and Strange Conversation
(this is bunch of word barf that I came up with but i wanted to post something:)
We make small talk and strange conversation
in the glow of the subway station. -
Growing Up
When did
my greedy paws
start feeding my brother and sister?
When did
my elders fables
revamp from boring to brilliant?
When did
I stop wailing to the world -
So This is Your Life
So this is your life now?
Like a pill? Hard to take and even harder to swallow?
Sharp like a blade and quick to draw blood?
Blood red like your harsh lipstick that burns in the light? -
Louie and the Boy
Louie saw the boy walk up the bayside towards him. Not this little shit again he thought. All Louie wanted was some peace and quiet by the bay, but this kid had to swoop in and disrupt him every damn day. -
The Hood: An Ending
Dark skin.
Dreadlocks.
So. Much. Blood.
Inspired by the book Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Loves
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Love Me Like Fog
love me
like the fog –
like the fog loves december –
for the winter gets blurry
and it's hard to remember
hold me
like the fog –
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forever grateful
To be grateful,
is to be at peace,
to feel lucky
for life.
When my mom agrees
to getting my haircut
even after a morning full of presents.
When my sisters tell me they
love me,
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Sun descending in a sienna sky
The basketball court is slick with freshly-fallen rain, black nail polish hardened into enamel after spilling weeks ago lies on my desk, forgotten and right in front of my eyes, as I watch them play that game on my tiny screen, their feet sliding
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