Compound Isolation
Title - Compound Isolation Childhood passed in studies,
adulthood in earning.
Middle age slipped into philosophy and rehab-
and old age will not come at all.
I have seen the poor carry a king’s attitude, Read more from here...
Value of a Man
Title – Value of a Man Until twenty-three,
I lived in a college world
where a man’s value was measured
by style, intelligence,
personality, and looks. Read more from here...
Simply a Woman
Title - Simply a Woman I have met every kind of woman-
seen them all, known them all-
yet never the one
they dare to call
simply a- Read more from here...
Love of a Woman
Title - Love of a Woman First, hand her the money-
crisp notes folded like promises.
Then layer attention, love,
the slow grind of your own labor
in the heat of the act, Read more from here...
Take It
Title - Take It Ale le le le.
Take it, take it, take it.
Oops-take it, take it, take it.
Aww, sweet-
someone’s sister—take mine too. Read more from here...
Integrity
Title – Integrity Earthworms,
slow grace upon the soil,
rose as venom-winged cobras-
scales aglow, fangs unveiled.
While I- Read more from here...
Wounded World’s Collective Hypocrisy
Title - Wounded World's Collective Hypocrisy Wake up, you didn't lose yourself in public,
you lost your innocence in silence,
the crowd might cheer you up,
like all the sheep going on vacation just for fun.
But you didn't lose yourself Read more from here...
Classic Inversion
Title - Classic Inversion I have no script,
money unsteady,
the hero dodging every promised date,
the heroine laying down her moral gates-
no skin, Read more from here...
I am No Whore
Title - I am No Whore I am no whore-
let no question ever rise.
This is honor's sacred fire,
not claimed in another's name,
let no question rise. Read more from here...
Proof
Title - Proof I kept torturing myself-
a revenge for which
I did not allow myself to live,
or to ask for the right to be human.
What happened, happened. Read more from here...