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A Dying Wish


Mr. Policeman:
I, Georgie beg of thee ... 
may I pull my neck out
from underneath your knee

Dear, Mama:
I have a nervous boy Floyd feeling
something fatal
is ‘bout to happen to me

Mr. Policeman:
Badge rudely, you trigger temper ask
how do me premonition know
of a fearful, teary future gravely cast

I see a [s]mothering vision
asphyxiating me

And I’m all choked up,
crying fetal prone feebly:
“ I can’t breathe!” 
“ I can’t breathe”
“ I can’t breathe”

Mr. Policeman:
Tho’ your blue mercy 
leaves me 
inhalation hope empty

I, Georgie beg of thee ... 
please let me whisper goodbye
to my deceased mother
with premature burial grief

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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