Dead Roses

“Today I found my son’s head, ten days after finding his body.
I am now carrying it to his grave, my heart pounding with joy.
Today I can give him a complete death.
Today I can weep for him as I should.”
—Palestinian father

HisHead

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Nov 24, 2018

Bridgette & the Red bull

‘Brigette and the Red Bull’
(8-13-2016)

SHE …
sits near me
on the bench at Dave’s
folded into/onto herself …
drinking the LARGEST can of Red Bull I have ever seen!

I regard her … covertly

blacken white tennis shoes
unlaced
with worn sides that fit the shape of her busied feet …
her petite hands/ are …
dwarfed …
gripping the phallic Red Bull can …
i regard her

stained finger tips with uneven nailbeds …
evoke her arduous climbing on this mountain of life.
you know …
the fortunate choose … their summits
others ….
have it placed before them

I regard her

her eyes are light brown & dulled
they look tortured …
directed in what must be done

I regard her

her hair … is a kinky golden brown …
tossed & matted ‘in her kitchen’
in a ‘no fucks’ tired gathering

her shapely cracked lips will be beautiful again … one day … when the stealth determination is eased

I regard her

all...

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Jun 21, 2016

Cleveland-NBA-Darwinism

I do not understand ‘it’
THIS
in the ‘Land’
viewed from privied space
distant … closeness
the relentless chorus of excited screams

crescendos of baptismal cheers
for
a rubberized ball
a metal hoop
the fierce skillz of …
BLACK lithe phenoms
adored/cherished/worshipped
Black Supermen!

with this NBA Finals win …
we embrace each other
we … embrace
we cry together
we cry … tears … of joy
we high-five
we … touch
we congratulate
we …
we speak in communal tongues of … familiarity

there is no … black
there is no … white
there is no … other
there is …
just us
AND

HATRED melts timely …
into puddles beneath our feet
on crippled knees Clevelanders
STAND erect

SHOUTS
a young reveler …
“This is the greatest day of my life!”
to one … now … “ol-der”
THE
ever activist/no-guard-down
amongst motherless children and mothers without …
YET
caught in the throes of the ‘Land’s’ oft delayed...

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Jun 4, 2016