Today’s Thoughts on Empire

No open palms in this 
crooked land. Only clenched 
fists and iron-like ideas 

can survive in this social 
wilderness. I dig into this 
militant bag. Fela Kuti 

runs down anticolonial 
chants to awaken morning.
A fresh brew wafts into 

spacious rooms–Kenyan 
blend. Huey P’s voice 
crawls into earbuds, like 

a follower of a congregation. 
D.C. experiences empowered 
mediocrity. The Oval 

Office got plans to take 
over bluesy towns. Resistance 
tilts her head. “Another 

opportunity to put points 
on the board,” she says.
I widen senses, inhaling 

urban decay, eager to wrap 
fingers around the throat 
of incremental Change, 

hoping to sling them loaded
dice until I hit my numbers
or this small section on 

earth begins to spin on a 
barbaric axis of revolution.


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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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