Sipping Tea at a Brothel
...He pays.
He leaves.
And she bleeds quietly.
Some come for release,
others for control.
Some come to forget.
Some to remember.
Some to be punished.
Some just come because it’...
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Categories:
limpness, culture, desire, kiss, passion,
Form: Free verse
Departure
...Thank you for sharing your departure.
We fuss over you.
Then we chatter as if you are not there.
Then we sob as if you can hear.
It is like you are under a spell.
And we are scar...
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Categories:
limpness, angst, death,
Form: Free verse
Red River
...Bloody tears still fall, feverish and dry.
The river flows on even though,
I'm already dead inside.
I'm no longer welcome at my own funeral.
I lay still and I wait.
For someone to take the burde...
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Categories:
limpness, anxiety, hurt, longing, pain,
Form: Free verse
Aiye
...?????????????aiyé
a child seeks voyage in the current of fame,
he does not homage the sun,
he does not sing the moon her eulogies,
he will wet and weaken his dreams
with the red molecules ...
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Categories:
limpness, art,
Form: Free verse
Touching the Eye
...Touching you, your skin
so cold, flat, hard
the sickness within you
like muddy water after a downpour,
how could I stay. I could, I could not run...
from the death in your hollow eyes,
the limpness ...
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Categories:
limpness, caregiving, death, dedication, devotion,
Form: Free verse