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Lost Words
Maybe when you hear me speak You miss my despair so bleak, My person, my one true love Can’t hear me from way high above, He’s left, and I’m not sure if he’s coming back I pray and wish for…
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poetry
Trying to Hang a Hammock Between Two Charred Trees
Glorification for ugly simplification. / Wash your hands— / they are filthy. / I cannot understand.
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I’m Tired | Red Tornado
I’m Tired / with a Capitol T, hard-wired. / It’s not just the hours, / that the work requires.
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It’s just a word… or is it? | The Soul in the Sun
It’s just a word / But what if it’s a word born of hate? / What if it’s a word filled with contempt? / What if it’s a word that denigrates? / What if it’s a slur or crude? /…
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Why we speak… | The Soul in the Sun
The reason we speak up / It never occurred to you / That sending us to a school / Named after a confederate / Might make us uncomfortable
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No one cared… | The Soul in the Sun
No one ever worried / That learning the horrors of our history / Might make us sad and uncomfortable / From the auctions to the lynchings / No one ever cared about that
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Spring | Whiskey and Words
A row of barstools / has decayed from loneliness / and the curb outside / crumbles from neglect.These days / swing from / apathy to anger / and back.
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Unmitigated gall! | The Soul in the Sun
We’ve have watched you / Come after us and our rights / Time and time again / Every single generation / Every time we start to shine / Every single time!
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