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He makes it possible because he is willing to lose himself in the task.
 Jul 2021 Josh Cooper
Khoisan
Lethal the Mamba
one strike and Eve got Adam
to leave the jungle
Chronic ain't it 💖
 Jul 2021 Josh Cooper
ultraviolet
At age six, my mother told me that dancing is not really for me. The ballerina in me died that day.

Age eight, I was told by my uncle that I shouldn't sing for other people. I never hummed eversince.

I held a guitar at age twelve, my brother told me "have you forgotten you can't sing?"

I  look like eight-shattered-dreams.

I trust that we know better now.
Break the cycle.
In most things a fledgling
to some degree
A novice at love
and what’s not to be
Indentured forever
beyond my leave
And only an expert
—at being me

(The New Room: June, 2021)
 Jul 2021 Josh Cooper
Khoisan
Ex-ist
 Jul 2021 Josh Cooper
Khoisan
From
neonatal cries to existential rhymes
if
any
lived
to
be
humane
the
earth will elect you
and
the
universe
will accept you
.
Every time you make a new friend,
I make a new enemy

Every time you swear that you won’t,
my world falls apart

Every time you say it’s the last,
my grief is reborn

Every time I look in your eyes
—the future is lost

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)
Breathing in
the smell of your memory

My eyes gently close
—the fantasy real

(Dreamsleep: June, 2021)
Poetry…
not about the words
but how the words were born

(Dreamsleep: June, 2021)
 Jul 2021 Josh Cooper
Khoisan
My soul feeds off my heart
and my heart needs people
to love only heaven knows
"Doves from Crows"
so even if you hate me
forgive me knowing
I already forgave you.
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