Tag Archives: free verse

Checking_the_Temperature_on_an_American_Tightrope

Move with a different frequency. Purpose. Shift the paradigms. Ignore the broken creeds and traffic lights. Always turn up the volume. Liberty is in the mind and heart before it becomes belief or philosophy. God-given. Creator-driven. No Marvel character. I scoop out grainy black dust for the morning brew, wait patiently for the signal, andContinue reading “Checking_the_Temperature_on_an_American_Tightrope”

Groundhog_Day

Hungry at 5:46am. Not for food orforms of nutrition. Resistance. Voice.  Impact. Normal stuff. Spring’s warmfingertips begin to break winter’s grip. Temps start to feel like distant cousins,stopping by on their routes home or mama’s sweet potato pies around theholidays. The sum of man is his reactions to adverse conditions, to the ways brokenmen wieldContinue reading “Groundhog_Day”

Cosplay_is_the_Norm (Sheesh)

Back in the bag, or the gamble,or the risk, rolling dice against gray concrete, trying to fortifywings to clip polluted skies. The boy is too fly, unkempt, and unruly,escaping the hot mouthed silliness of so-called preachers, teachers,online yuppies, and designers. No fear up here. No fear up here amongscattered clouds. Earbuds thread soundwaves into myContinue reading “Cosplay_is_the_Norm (Sheesh)”

Ready_for_I-64_and_America’s_Smile

Switching lanes on Interstate 64. Backups don’t mean much. Latin jazz vibes. Surfing on steel drums, congas, keys, melodies. Police cruisers patrol the spots between Military and Brambleton–ravens setting speed traps, but the people smirk and keep pushing 80, single occupancy vehicles in the HOV lane. The coffee brews somewhere. Small hustlers get to itContinue reading “Ready_for_I-64_and_America’s_Smile”