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A hefty sum was paid for such small things  A vendor’s credit cracks when his lot’s sold It was then I learned that this love has strings  In bargain, as ants, with a tyrant king He offers kind chains for my slavish soul A hefty sum was paid for such small things  When radiant kisses [...]

I was born in the city ornamented by stories  Every perfect, pious man stitched into a tapestry folded over my childhood bed  I lapped up stories of good men,  carved them into my belt,sharpened them into my sword  When anger and fear pulled my spine,I learned what my city never taught:  a hero is not [...]

What would they say if they knew  I stare at you across the pew  You beam so bright in Sunday Best  You look so lovely in that  suit  Your southern accent sweet and strong  Your curly hair so red and  short  We passed the noisy evening hours  With earthly talk of homework flowers  Pistal, stamen, [...]

All this noise Cannot keep poise Of who I am and me Dancing through The pain, the travesty Only back to feeling lonely Where was I taught To hide such parts of me Where was I fought In this ever changing pain and me For if I do not figure this out There will be [...]

It’s scary there I would not share The battle between me and you But God tells me it’s okay Not here to stay But growing, showing more of you It is not true What lives in you If only you knew If only you grew Help along the way For what you would say Makes [...]

Time is a form of measurementA scale of days and nightsThat passes with the seasonsReference dates for reasons—Treatises and treasonsPassing, neverlasting, into everlastingCasting chronological crowns to kings thatMark moments of strife that redefine strivingFor gold and growing older…Aging and raging, time dies and revivesCuts ties and binds, in a ring that lastsForever for the promise [...]

Neck of the woods where my e-governMeant to survive in the Wild—When we want money for means . . .They make it for lifestyle.Running in circles is travelingTime—ticking in rhymes—From poets that prophesy mine,Money is fine'Til it's a fine—For the pouring of wine—Who is divine?Let's talk about lifeRaisin' our wages is better thanPayin' off loans [...]

Good fences make good neighbors,changing rangers into strangerstaking land for freedom's sakeforsaken dreams we all partaketo buy back the hope that was stolen by greed;the needy are needed by American dreamersbut cast aside as weary lemursjumping from branch to branchto escape the cougars that scour the land belowfor any creature that searches for homein the [...]

When my dog digs without ceasing,I wonder what she knows that I don’t;what she sees that I don’t.I muddy my feet to match her paws. She shows me how birds twist their necksto see past cherry stemsand that lovers live in all forms.I watch for when tangerinesdrip from the sunsetand open my drooling mouth in [...]

my coral shoes were a beacon on the faded tennis court / four years, it was a right of passage to hand the scuff marks down / but I didn’t want to let go of my racket / the crowd cleared like it was a normal Tuesday evening / cries bubbled in the back of [...]