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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
This body of mine,
Is but a vehicle
I leave the lights on through the night
Start my day off with a dead battery
And When I step out
My bare feet sticking to the cold pavement
I slam the ******* door
And I slam it hard
I will drive this thing to ground
Because I know what I am;
A soul and perhaps a decent mind
For when I die. I will rot
And when I rot
Surely I will be forgotten
And that my fellow humans;
Is the cycle of life
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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
We strolled up
And down
The narrow isle
Weaving in and out
Of shopping cart barricades
And unmanaged children
Butter was 5.99
Grated Cheese 6.99
Tuna; a dollar a can
3 bags of pasta for 5 dollars
Food is indeed
Priceless

For hunger may strike the gut.
But it’s nothing compared to
What it’ll do
To the fragile mind
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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
A man with a jet black tux
And hair combed over his bald spot
Stands in front of a window
The white curtains blowing inwards
Relinquishing all efforts
To love, and be loved

He clears his throat
And spits
Down into the gritty abyss
Whistling through the thick
Polluted air
As it descends slowly
Into the Bottom of its inevitable Faith
And somehow
Through the deafening silence
You can hear its existence shatter
As it hits the bare pavement

One can only wonder
What he's leaving behind;
Children, memories
Tea brewing on the stove


*Would you dare save a man?
From jumping out and into the arms
Of his concrete destiny
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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
There once was a boy
Who took on destiny
Standing on one leg
And without a slither of mercy
He killed her
With a funny joke
And his old wooden cane

*It may not seem like it
And it wont for a while
But those bolts and pins in your leg
Are for Your smile
For my brother who is currently undergoing surgery.
Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
I picked out a **** out cigarette
Stained with scabbing Lipstick
And I notice something peculiar ;
These memories taste like copper
I pressed it back into the ashtray

*Only to be forgotten again...
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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
She’s behind the glass barricade
Sheltered from ruthless spectators
Knocking and making faces
In the strobe of their
Disposable cameras

She’s crossing her legs
And twirling her hair

*I’m on the outside as well...
But I know there is much more
Going on in that
Tangled mind of yours
Than these people want
To believe
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Bilal Kaci Dec 2013
Every night
I find myself
Back here
Writing on the walls
Of my domestic asylum
With **** out cigarettes,
And warm beer
In hope
That one day...
It’ll all make sense
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