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PTSDPanic / Throughout / Scary
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AffairHands shaking as they clumsily undo / Buttons, zippers, clasps / Articles of clothing discarded
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What Poetic InjusticeMetaphorically, you are a sly simile, / Stealing my heart / Like the smooth criminal
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MagnetsStrategically I situated myself / So my like end would repel you, / Like magnets, I move when you do.
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SecretaryI've delivered your messages / Transcribed your letters / Worn heels and tight dresses
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Coffee WalksYou awake in me the same excitement as the sound of the coffee *** bravely bubbling up something inside like the elixir of life that makes day-to-day, tedious trials more bearable. / Thousands of cups of coffee shared with you, talking out problems and people, with one rule: No pity parties at Purdy's, so we'd take walks. / Walks and talks and walks and talks, getting to know you, and me. Getting to know the feeling of Richmond beneath our feet, and we were free. Save, one passing comment on the adrenals and caffeine.
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A Couple CoupletsI dipped my pen in sugar / So I could write you something sweet. / *Face-palm* My laptop keys laugh,
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The Serpent's RevengeWatching you these days / Is like watching a snake bite victim / As his bulging eyes glaze
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The Precarious Condition of Being a Half Black WomanHow black is *too* black? / Should I tan / To make up for the pigment I lack?
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The ClockPlease break the hands / the gears / the cogs
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