If_You_Have_to_Entertain_Slaughter

Posted bySynnika Alek-Chizoba LoftonPosted inPoems, mailbox weeklyTags:, , ,

Shine bright. Utter liberation. Hurl
uncaged ideas. Lessons learned

while walking through the belly
of slaughter. A country, a nation,

flailing in spring wind, trying to
make sense of its existence. Broken

men personify imminent decay. 
I inhabit a break beat, living for

the impact of wingspan, flashing
a poker face as I stalk pavement

and the prey of day–motivation
is so fleeting and inconsistent.

Pace is king or a god. Grind till
I can’t see straight. Grind till the

weather changes, my body glitches
from exhaustion, or I meet His face,

Her face. Train the body. Train the
mind. Happiness is a temporary

comfort, not a goal. Rearrange
steps. Purpose finds a perch and

preaches sermons about longevity
and learning to breathe, like an

Alpha, moving to a different tempo,
an kempt drummer, with a graying

beard, relaxing his shoulders and
playing his pattern till the world

folds or he finds a conditional
peace raging within.

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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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