Ghairo Daniels Poet Other

when no water

  coffee
 
       from stale flask

                        itchy armpits 
                                             no shower  |||||| soap waits 
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                                teeth cleaned with                wet - less             brush   /////beauty buries herself in bones                       underbellies flip 
emotions empty empathy 

                              give gratitude for   www. 
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                                                                          r
         NEVER TOO LATE 
                                      fate futile sees a waterfall 
the one they named after Queen Victoria in an ancient African land holding GOLD
                                            disappeared 
                            where to where from  >         

              ___________pipe’s fixed …..S
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            love
            empty                                        U
            spaces
            where water
            + blood trickles                                            
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A.  L.    L.   M.   I.   G.   H.   T.   Y. 

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Paige Hind July 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM Wow. This is raw. I love the metaphor and how it's used, certainly!!