if it were
only so
easy
my hair
needs to
be longer
braid some
fake or
real hair
any
color or
any length
i lost a leg
one shoe
only needed
all that is
left is the
right
if i knew
how to grow
another
then i could
go camping
with you
and after
erecting my tent
i'd pump
up
my air
mattress
Getting, getting hi...uhm
Strange!, strange things-
Happen to those who think the norm,
Oh out cast me, Villain kid:
Lived of corns and oils!
Crops, daddy worked for kings-
A brick layer!... Every day a happy meal
Treats on Donald: No macs and windows,
never locked or sold phones
but elevated to smarter!
Devices... Devils...
Hmmm, as electrons shoot my mind,
Nerves system charging and my feelings changing:
inlove with the new age,
To Taking selfies with androids...
Hoping they won't control me,
Diabolical friends and my wifi my wifey,
Always tracking me with GPS systems-
and directing me from here to there!
And reading my whereabouts through radio waves,
as I surfed through social media and it-
brought me down so I had to change mediums:
Spirits as electricity moves through cables;
white light beams burning! To illuminating my room,
Now the whole house full of light.
And my mom thanks me as she feels delighted.
Life Extensions - Haiku
squirming on the pole
worm knows his place in nature
line extends, fish bites
Shadows suffocate purified air,
Voices that whisper no one cares,
The moon surrenders to the sun,
While Madness tries to steal what has already begun,
But just like the fiercest labor pains late in the night,
When it gets so hard and you lose your will to fight,
That is when the crown of life starts to be seen,
All that pressure in the end makes one glisten and gleam,
Carry on through the storms you now face,
For God won’t let any part of your struggles go to waste,
One person’s heartache is another person’s hope,
Sharing your story is like a fortified rope,
On top of a mountain used to assist others that climb,
Always remember to extend it in perilous times,
And if you should ever fall down yourself,
The extensions you have secured will bring you great wealth,
The extensions are physical, emotional and spiritual health.
By: Sabina Nicole
You’re fake to the bone,
Hair, face, friendship;
Fake, fake, fake.
Walking around the school halls like top dog,
While we laugh as an extension falls out.
Pushing out that flat chest trying to emphasis.
Walking around swinging those hips so much,
Girl, you should come with a hazard sign!
We wince as you use that deliberate shriek of a laugh.
You drape those orang-utan arms around his neck,
Craving his attention.
My man shakes you off and pulls me closer.
“Owww, what a whelk she is!” my man says to me,
I laugh and reply
“More like a whelk with extensions and a uniform!”
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