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All That Is Me

Aside | Posted on by A. Long

untitled (2)all that is me
brown skin
thick hair
black mostly
blackheads
acne
beauty marks
scars
mild stretch marks
knuckles
fists
chipped nails devoid of flattering polish
all that is me
words
principles
deceit
restraint
determination
laziness
contradictions
expression

With all that is me how can they love this
inch closer
closer teensy bit
crawl to the truth
that only i know its hard
not to love you

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Posted on by A. Long

woman-with-attitude-pinkHere emoting into a pillow

that won’t hold me back

I didn’t need new

when I had you.

Ramble on,

copper crystals

drip from his lips

hold no weight.

I am silver and spun honey

a caramelized glazed piece in the wind

remember that.

Nails break,

I don’t.

 

Short Poems

My Sadness Sits Around Me

Aside | Posted on by A. Long

My sadness sits around me

not on haunches not in any

placement near a move

and the tired roll-on

of a boredom without grief

If there were war

I would watch the hunting

I would chase the dogs

and blow the horn

because blood is commonplace

As I walk in peace

unencountered unmolested

unimpinging unbelieving unrevealing

undesired under every O

My sadness sits around me

–June Jordan

bathsheba

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how it was    it was

as if all of the blood in my body

gorged

into my loin

so that even my fingers grew stiff

but cold

and the heat of my rod

was my only burning

desire

desire my only fire

and whether

i loved her

i wanted her whatever she was

whether a curse

or the wife of Uriah

— Lucille Clifton