I think I just met the happiest person in the world! Why are you looking at me like you don’t believe me? He was in the park. By the benches we smoke at, over by the gazebo. You know where I’m talking about. He was laying down on the bench just staring at the sky. I was sitting on the bench adjacent from him and I just watched him. Not to be creepy or anything, I was doing my own thing of course b...
You make me sweat
Your glare through my window in the morning is intimidating
Can I take the heat?
Will you be too much today?
Most days I can’t bare
But somedays when my confidence dares
I’ll go out
Look you in the eye
And smile
Because you warm me up
Dance on my glistening skin
Your light makes me tired
After hours basking in
When the darkness of the night brews
I wait patiently for you...
Lose power
Get smaller
A thought completely erased
No respect
Hate the game
Man, I wish I never played
A word on a page
A law falsely made
Hope for the future
Don’t trust the innocent name
A book of rights
That needs to be rewritten
By people of color…
Cultures of time…
livers of “umm… real life.”
A book of rights
That needs to be rewritten
And maybe this time
No woman’s tongue will be b...
Demi and Lawrence stand facing the open drawer in the kitchen. There is a beat.
D: The knife belongs to me.
L grabs the knife out of the drawer and moves it beside the pile of dishes on the island counter. There is awkward silence.
L puts his hand on the measuring cups.
D: My grandmother gave me those. She used to bake us brownies and I’d lick the mix from the bowl. My sister would lick the...
Lori is sitting in the chair watching her mother sleep in the sterile white hospital room. The bedside nurse is checking fluids. It’s been over 20 years since Lori’s seen her mother.
M: “FANGSSSS!”
Mother rests her head back on the pillow.
L: Did she just say ‘fangs’?
N: *laughs*
L: Fangs? What is she saying about fangs?
N: You haven’t heard the story of the bat that got struck by a truck?
L:...
J: What changed your mind?
A: Do you really want to waste time?
J: Every time I suggest doing something remotely fun you suddenly get busy.
A: Well the last time you were here I actually had to pick up my cousin from the airport.
J: Okay, but you always—
A: And that other time Harmony actually had a stomach bug. I was holding her hair back all night.
J: It’s not that I don’t believe you, I’m jus...
You want to know the way to win my heart?
The key to this untouchable safe
Safe from grimy little fingers—
Well yours aren’t grimy, I was just—
Clearly I have some bottled up emotions.
ANYWAYS
How to win my heart?
I’m not all the way sure
I know that if you give me food
It will instantly boost my mood
And I’m talking about something tasty like some home made Mac and cheese
that has just the ri...
Alliteration
A literal nation of
Latter notions that
Light the way
For better potions
A lateral ocean
That stretches through steep
Stations of stolen land
We owe them our
God given devotion
A better plan that
Places with no complacent purpose
Can repopulate the impatient
Part of our nation
We won’t dessert them
We take notes and
Take the tape of our tailored
Vision and talent and
...
“Hunt down the traitor, and bring them back to me alive,” Rose said.
She stood over the dead body with tears brewing in her eyes… I stood in silence. With one glance into her daring stare I could see the fear and anger inside her. With a promising nod, I grabbed my bow and hurried out the door to vengeance.
As I rode down the dirt road, through the courtyard, I could see Rose watching me throu...
