Best Terrance Poems

...after Gwendolyn Brooks & Terrance Hayes


In this dim-lit hall, gathered close, we
Chalk our cues, faces worn but real.
Eight-ball in the corner, staying cool,
Brothers in the game, that's who we

Are. Schoolyard dreams we long since left,
Traded books for pool cues after school.
In this smoky haven loitering,...

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