Chicano Eddie Poet Free verse

Thank You For Coming

thank you for coming


death is unavoidable.
before this, it’s life then 
taxes. 
however those that can see 
know death is imminent in 
relationships. 
like Pachino’s first win with 
McConaughey in Two for the 
Money, her mouthwatering 
addiction is far worse than 
her need for male attention. 
we’ve died, I’ll never have 
the woman who is proud to be 
herself instead of the 
caricature of a colored 
female. 
this alone is why she’ll be a 
slave to her confusion until 
death. 
she loves me like she’s loved 
the rest. she loves me 
through her continued search 
of how she could feel about 
herself if I just gave her 
what she needed. 
I am neither her mother nor 
her father. 
she seeks what they denied 
her. she’s never escaped. 
I’ve heard, to have a female 
who truly loves you is 
everything. 
woman after woman after 
woman, no one has been proud 
to be who they are but 
instead, prouder of who they 
want to be. 

their love suffers, her love 
suffers, my love suffers. 
suffering is the bloodline of 
the confused. 
as they walk in and out of 
her house, go in and out of 
her phone and make her feel 
like she’s one of them, her 
disgusting flavor and choice 
to deny me murders her 
ability to think for herself.
 
death: 
sentence the color choice 
and free the lover inside.


By: Chicano Eddie
10.28.18

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