Black Poetry : Six Coin Sunday

you are amazin' sista..

"I linger in the doorway
-- one-sided conversations with God
battling the static from a short-wave
radio
God doesn't have a chance
to win out before I have to
surrender more quarters

Idly, I wonder what sex
would be like on a strip
of active washers-- the cost
of a half hour and the
spin cycle metaphor
"easy to use"

You won't step foot in here--
missing out on the tangle of
voices and humming
-- especially the way the
third machine needs an
angry hip and a curse word
to operate

Its not me you're embarrased of
rusting in here like a car
on cinderblocks half covered
by dust and leaves
daring to touch ribs
Its the look of me
-- a discount store icon
lugging a laundry basket
down the street
in barely-there flip flops"

so **** bless'd.. you are truely bless'd with it sista..
 
Gee - o - vann - eee

You are too kind my brotha! :D You've got a sistah cheesin' all hard! Thanks for coin'n the phrases that grabbed your attention on this piece.... there's nothing more than being able to actually know what parts of a poem caught a reader's attention.

:wink:

Always :heart:

N2
 

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