Tremor of the Liver
definitely we are to live in constitutional harmony
to the liver
i have spoken
forgive me
i whisper
and you care not
for you are shaken
and quiver
and rock with volition
as to dance in death
dieing in a to-and-fro
prejudice of majority
what poisons are mixed in air so sick
that shove particles of matter
from one place to another
passing from pipe to pipe
internally bruising the lungs of African-American me
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Tremor of the Liver
definitely we should live
in constitutional harmony
to the liver
i have spoken
forgive me
i whisper and you (the liver) care not
for you are shaken and quiver
and rock with volition
as to dance in death
dieting in a to-and-fro
with prejudice of majority
what poisons are mixed in the air
so sick
that shove particles of matter
from one place to another
passing from pipe to pipe
internally bruising the lungs of African-American me
Copyright © Verlecia Fields | Year Posted 2011
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