I_Too_Sing_of_Decay

Posted bySynnika Alek-Chizoba LoftonPosted inmailbox weekly, PoemsTags:, , ,

I, too, sing of decay and rot, swinging
for the noses of State Repression and

Control. Imperialism hides his hand;
he tucks a ski mask in his back pocket.

He talks about promises of wealth
and status. Elephants and donkeys

surf airwaves, passing blame. Normal
stuff. I scowl at the puppet master,

walking along cobblestone toward
an uncertain destination. Every path

is a flight plan to somewhere. An
overcast sky plays a beat. Winter’s

familiar pressure leans. A slight
breeze dances on the street. Jeep

Cherokees and Ford Broncos flood
the interstate–vehicles of choice

’round here. I understand empire’s
language, speaking counterculture

fluently– a liberated dragonfly,
hovering with metallic wings.

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Published by Synnika Alek-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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