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Tag Archives: ayodele wordslanger nzinga
New Love
New love is like fireworks in a summer sky I am a child again virgin again each sensation new untasted untried to be rediscovered in new arms electric entanglement fermented fever denial as sweet sharp as fulfillment nothing hurts as … Continue reading
twos
in a world of twos i missed the ark lone after dark had my share don’t care that their not here any more Just don’t like alone mo the type to dream of nights in Khartoum walking barefoot by … Continue reading
Svengali
Some say he cast a spell over her. Mo like a shadow/ blotting out pieces that used to define/project her her-ness/ Say he put her up to thangs/ naw/ he stole chunks of her carelessly misplacing essence/ They say love … Continue reading
Fire Dancin
. She danced in his fire Cause he lit it in her path When she moved to go around the flame He called her by name He boast of the fires warmth He celebrated the brightness of the embers She … Continue reading
Hershey #151
smooth, like hershey made you & I got the nuts Hot like 151 I like chocolit licked chocolit chocolit licked ohh wee there I go & here you come hot like 151 smooth, like hershey made you & I … Continue reading
Conjure
Conjure this word an incantation to bring you now while this fever burns before blood cools now in the heat of the last summer before fall is forever while i still crave being sectioned like a ripe sweet tangerine dripping … Continue reading
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Tagged ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blackberry lemonade, love, poems, siren call
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landless
(Art by Karen Seneferu in honor of Kemba “Walking Tree” Shakur at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland CA) landless gentrified ghetto children in the inner city got grand parents from the country grandparents moved to the city for a … Continue reading
Two Shades of Green
Two Shades of Green
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