Food Urban Poems

siu mei aromas
waft up through open windows
community news...

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I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values
plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders...

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Park of unfenced wildness
          densely packed in light infused summer
city folk beat paths of free spirited...

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A simple one life,
is contrast to the urbanites,
less emphasis on punishments.

Wealthy and powerful people,
create new beliefs and holy books.

Government capitals,
and corporate stocks,
rent heaven and hell.

Pilgrimage...

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I appreciate all the love
Is a phrase I use commonly
Whether I'm just accepting the grace
Or my confirmation of thanking you and bringing out that calm...

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TISSLER, TISSLER
SHELAYLA SPOKE TO
ASK HER SISTER.
TISSLER IS THE FOOD
STOWBOUGHT?
TISSLER REPLIED, WITH A SPARKLE
IN HER EYE, NO SISTER
IT ISN'T STOWBOUGHT.
SHELAYLA SAID, SCRATCHING HER HEAD
WHERE DID THESE...

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You Don’t Diet When…


You don’t diet when
You “shop” at a food bank
With never enough for tea.
No readies for treats,
No lattes or sweets,
Nothing extra for you...

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Where I Am From by Kimberly Guice

I am from a place where love is always in the air
From a place where laughter is always near
From...

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Years ago I wrote a jingle for a real store.
They didn't know I did, but I did.




The soda pop shop
The soda pop shop
Be sure to...

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Cheese & jelly sandwiches
Straws for short grilles
Pickled feet cannibal's refuse to eat
Frozen snow in your bowl
Dandelions greens I'm hypertension hold the fat back please
Winger washing...

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I fear I might be woken up by gunshots,
as thugs attempt to break into my house.

I fear everything might have expired in the fridge,
because of...

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Relic of a raucous night's revel
In an empty shop doorway
Stands a solitary cider bottle sentinel

Bundles of bedding. Beneath 
Huddles a barely visible body
Whom I have...

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If I remember correctly, 
The golden arches 
Stopped counting long ago....

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The TV shows
wars and scandal
with big faces 
moving lips
running words
on every wall
while disc jockeys threaten 
bad traffic and weather
through the ceiling.
I slurp my omelet’s florescent...

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FOUR   LOVE AFFAIRS

The French health food shop
Near Vasilyastrovskaya metro,
With a tiny patio garden bench   -
Fell in love there with the language...

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