intelligence
you think time stops because you figure something out like how your ex bf sings for tiny women & since you’re tall his love for you was never true Read more
Month: September 2022
Pride or Bust
a mama walks against the wind protecting her baby and its head but the mama looks at me like I was the hurricane instead. i gave her the benefit of the doubt—knowing how much, like the tornado, I have blared and blown! all the while Nas and the Marleys be Read more
Girl Fight
Last week, I sat alone at the bar in a family-friendly local pizza place. Only two miles away from where I live, this restaurant appeals to me for other reasons, like its theme. It is “galactic,’ with the inside of the building decorated with elaborate otherworldly creations. Paper mache planets Read more
twenty years
twenty years you’ve been gone & that’s just how long you’ve been dead in life you were gone, too i was a pool you’d drown in if you got your feet wet you kept your feet dry how hard to hold the truth like a bitter seed under your tongue Read more
A Weekend with You
We spent a weekend together. I was who you wanted and you were who I wanted. But it wasn’t real. There was an overwhelming feeling of desire and lust that I couldn’t get rid of. You took care of that. And I took care of you. But I didn’t account Read more