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Poetry By Dwayne B!
A City Awakens
The people are outChasing a lost yearMakeshift barsIn oft forgotten guttersA city breathesFamiliar in a new world And everyone mourns […]
The Old Player’s Lament
I want to playBut the game ain’t what it used to beFingers just can’t find the spotsTo make a fine […]
“The Time Keeper’s Tick” or “Black Boy Studies Phenomenology”
Time doesn’t waitIt isEvery moment livedAll of time turned on its sideA solid block of timeA cut — a slice […]
A Dejected Muse Advises A Reluctant Poet
and don’t erasethe next line may be the onethe high — chasedand the crash will be just as mighty a […]
Black Debit
Oh damn my nigYou ain’t knowLiving is for white folksEverything is an excuseTo snuff your fireflyWatch your glow burn outIn […]
The Process
Anytime I get sick, I feel like a slug stuck in syrup. Im vulnerable and weak, but there is a […]
Mug Dance
Coffee mugsSweating as they danceTo the cadenceOf excited conversationThe beads — banding at the baseWedding the woodA trace wetting to […]
What Would Winona Do
“So, run, hop fences, jump over benchesWhen you see me coming, get the fuck out the entranceRun, fuck that, run, […]
Potpourri
For Maddie Bahar and it stays with usmemoryas things of importance dofragilely and with great caredo we hold this spacefor […]
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