AUDIO LEAK SUNDAYS: Island of the Mind or Listening to Miles Davis

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Solitude is King. Isolation is a type
of God. Some may not understand
ambitions, goals, and appetites.

Nothing satiates the Hunger, like
the grit of living for the edge of oblivion’s
high. High pitched mutes resemble

the voice of man. Don’t speak too
loudly. Don’t walk too tall or work too
hard. Don’t let them visions outpace

social circles. Hustle is a bluesy eagle,
crisscrossing gray sky, unbothered
by political winds, polluted creeds,

or talking heads. Heavy is the head
that actually thinks. Jealousy’s filthy
eye sizes up perceived prey. I count

spaces beneath small dots of silver,
listening to Miles run down the logic,
like Fred Hampton standing behind

a wooden lectern, crafting coalition
with weighty ideas and convictions.
Power winks. Self-determination

is like a personal gumbo: savory,
spicy, and sweet.

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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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