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American Heartbreak

Posted on February 26, 2014 by A. Long

I am the American heartbreak–

The rock on which Freedom

Stumped its toe–

The great mistake

That Jamestown made

Long ago

–Langston Hughes

Philly Story #7: Poker Face

Posted on February 26, 2014 by A. Long

See they was giving out iced teas

you know how they give out free stuff sometimes in center city

i had a bunch of iced teas

and wouldnt you know it

i have to pee again

i done peed four times already she said

burning green hazel pupils

searching for sympathy

white wrinkled caramel skin

i went to the library, peed

down to the um PECO, peed

in the Burlington Coat Factory, peed

and just before i got on

this bus ride so doggone long

Jeesusss

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Club Slave – Shawn Price

Posted on February 26, 2014 by A. Long

so true…

WMD’s

Posted on February 25, 2014 by A. Long

Kisses my cheek with such harmony

That I can’t speak

Cool and explosive

Licking the hair away from my face

As I grip the steering wheel and steer

Deeper into the rhythm

The sound resonates

Vibrates down my column

I cant think

You touch me and my thoughts strap suicide bombs to their chest

You kiss me

And they sit in the middle of brain,

quietly about to detonate

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Italia

Aside | Posted on February 4, 2014 by A. Long

The roar of the train as it passes through what can only be classified

as mountains carried by Gods. They are beautiful

like huge bleeding rocks covered with thick layers of everest trees

that suddenly drop into clear sparkling river beds

as water runs over white and gray stones

Short Poems, Sticky Note Quotes

Why are you mak…

Quote | Posted on January 31, 2014 by A. Long

Why are you making me think through concrete?

Said the wise man, fool enough to fall in love

Lavender

Posted on January 31, 2014 by A. Long

Bend into each other

Trees stretching towards the sun

Wanting. That is always and forever.

To be curled up

Fetal

And endlessly warm. Underneath it all

Lies heat

Strong and sweet

Herbed lavender sweat

Sleep.

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For even as lov…

Quote | Posted on January 12, 2014 by A. Long

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart.

-excerpt from Kahlil Gibran on Love