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LET ME
LET ME Lord, let me be the kind of person who holds Ruby Bridges’ hand To offer my seat to Rosa Parks To shelter Ann Frank To step in front of a baton meant to beat an old Jewish woman … Continue reading
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SLAMMED
SLAMMED I was slammed by a gang of poets Stressed Alliterated Obliterated Anagrams flew Nine thumps- punishments As Virgil kept time to the beat poetry I was tortured by metaphors Beaten like a dead horse The sagas of palindromes The … Continue reading
CROOKED SMILE
He has a crooked smile and a gap between his two front teeth. His golden brown hair is thick and straight and perfect. When he gets out of the ocean he shakes his head back and forth and every strand … Continue reading
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COLLUSION
Collusion Confusion Illusion Conclusion Collusion Profusion Kathy Keogh
HAG
Your love was a phantom hag suffocating me with its weight I couldn’t move or scream I was paralyzed Your love was a shadowy figure lurking in the corners watching moaning rattling my chains I exorcised you Now you haunt … Continue reading
FREIGHT TRAIN
My life is a freight train moving through the darkness too fast to catch but just slow enough that I keep running along the tracks as fast as I can arms outstretched to the rhythm of my life clicking by. … Continue reading
