"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..
You are too kind my brotha! 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.
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