“They fed the roots, / climbed through its leaves / to soak in sunlight … / and so, she told me, / I can see.” Tyehimba Jess
for Paul Beatty
they clean kotten awa break apart appear naked especially intelligence of the moon identifies dance i am a poor rabbit if we killed enjambment be a rabbit skinned in my beggar's heart dirty in kotten awa break apart appear glowing in top flight pleasure yourself a moment of corrective punishment waking all the moon identities dance the dance of i am a poor what if we killed enjambments be a hare in my beggar's heart dashed again in kotten awa break apart appear glowing in the news? — no deceit in my beggar's heart made whole in kotten awa then break apart
“the body’s pain and the pain on the streets / are not the same but you can learn / from the edges that blur O you who love clear edges / more than anything watch the edges that blur” Adrienne Rich
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It’s unfair to compare the man to the woman one so complete the other bristling with prostate
But fairness was never one for this world
was born with a full head of hair
6’2″
he took a long time to come out unfairly
his eyes as is normal turned brown
had been
blue in witness he unlearned swimming
never drowned
Had no teenage years
no earning years
no sweet nor equal years
but instead went straight to death
not with ceremony not with love not with passion
What eulogy now–
He went with truth which did nothing for
he went with satisfaction
too soon and sour.