Never Attach Breaths to Conformity

Posted bySynnika Chizoba LoftonPosted incommunity, mailbox weekly, PoemsTags:, , ,

Hang a left on
Volvo Parkway.

This Chesapeake
thing got blues

in the veins,
swag in the

pockets. We
craft vibes,

weaving in and
out of traffic

patterns. Go
BIG or go home.

The route is
paved with

good intentions,
bones, and

scattered goals.
Don’t let your

flesh touch the
floor, they say.

Keep your head
on a swivel,

document where
the devil’s ilk

like to play,
dance, and jazz

it up. Be wary
of predators,

talking that
noise. Them

frequencies got
them colonizer

vibes. We crawl
from polluted

womb, shaking
dice, ready to

return favors.
The Proles got

a victory dance,
a brand-new

bag. Aim straight!
CLACK! Focus

on the corner
pocket, expose

our intentions,
mimic hustle

and Blackness.
We vanish into

urban maze,
down heavily

lit streets. Sun
smirks. This is

us, surfing city
life, living

free, without
boundaries,

dancing in
the beast.

Not saying
nothing. Not

really trying
to be like them

or the creatures
that attach

breaths to
conformity.

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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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