Used to the Weather

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

Adapting to the changes. To
changes, I adapt. Eerily. Patiently.

An early November morning winks
her eye. Still gambling with old

dice, trying to outlive the poison
of snakebites or out hustle

the pigs at a scrambler’s pace.
Colonial thinking does not live

in these veins. Strange DNA. I
hear an unkempt drummer.

Hands slap tall djembes, talking
to God. He got the channel wide

open. I filter through. God particles
spreading, like Latin jazz on

a Saturday morning drive through
Northern Vermont. The cracked

trotters of Empire don’t affect me.
Apply the pedal to the floor and

breathe for tomorrow–just different
energy. Men are defined by the

legacies they create, or how
infrequently they smile, or how

they organize steps in well-
crafted Decay. Refuse to obey

the rules, especially if they prevent
flight. I organize steps, count

my coins, and lean into the day.

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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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