Life Cycles

Life Cycles

she realized  
she wasn't one  
of life's winners  
when she wasn't sure  
life to her was some dark  
dirty secret that  
like some unwanted child  
too late for an abortion  
was to be borne  
alone    

she had so many private habits  
she would masturbate sometimes  
she always picked her nose when upset  
she liked to sit with silence  
in the dark  
sadness is not an unusual state  
for the black woman  
or writers    

she took to sneaking drinks  
a habit which displeased her  
both for its effects  
and taste  
yet eventually sleep  
would wrestle her in triumph  
onto the bed    

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