SURVIVING THE MACHINE

Posted bySynnika Chizoba LoftonPosted inPoems

Interpret open wounds. Crash
for resistance. Leave behind

a wilting world, the hate, the
strange sounds that may be

freedom. The people can never
really tell. Still bluesy, like poor

attitudes are baked into broken
capitalism. Urban yawps climb

over neighborhood buildings,
trying to test limitations of a

decaying earth. Metal sings,
screeches. I shift energy, un-

loading burdens. This is how
you purify militance. Beauty.

I search for rhythm. Incessant
hustle circulates on skin. The

desire to celebrate self and
disconnect from the machine’s

hot breath is vital. A human
engine idling, stretching wings.

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Published by Synnika Chizoba Lofton

"Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is an award winning poet, the president and CEO of Guerrilla Ignition LLC, host of a Nationally Syndicated radio show, and an educator, teaching literature at Chesapeake Bay Academy and English courses at Norfolk State University. Lofton has recorded more than one hundred and fifty CDs, albums, CD-singles, and mixtapes of poetry, including his highly praised debut, The New Breed. He is the author of twelve books and the founder of Riot Speech, a musical genre combining performance poetry with traditional musical forms, such as Rock, Jazz, and Hip Hop. His poems have been published in Experience Reality Magazine, Quay: A Journal of the Arts, UpStreet: A Literary Magazine, and, in 2014, Lofton has been featured in Blind Sided Magazine. He is a regular on Virginian television programs such as The Hampton Roads Show and Chesapeake’s Thinking Out Loud on WCTV. He teaches World Literature, British Literature, and Composition, while touring the country, performing at literary festivals, musical festivals, poetry readings, open mics, concerts, high schools, and colleges."

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