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 Jun 2013 Lili
Redshift
wallace
 Jun 2013 Lili
Redshift
this boy
is so very muscular
and handsome
and sweet
and so very
african
he thinks
jesus brought us together
and he likes my body
just the way it is
he doesn't try to
change anything
about me
my dad would hate him
not because dad's racist
but just because he thinks black men
are rapists
(maybe that DOES make him racist...?)
but then again
dad hates all boys
that like his daughters
i don't know
i feel happy
but too many things
make me smile
i can never be sure
if they're worth something
 Jun 2013 Lili
Marigold
What if
 Jun 2013 Lili
Marigold
I'm afraid of what these hands could do,
For you or to you,
And what they might accomplish
While your back was turned,
Or your eyes closed,
Or your mind off wandering.
It's a ******* misery
That we can't be.
But what if we were?
Would my stomach still eat itself with fear,
Would my nails still pick at my skin,
Would my mind still refuse to rest?
Or would perfection reign?
Rain over both of us
Till we were soaked through
And when we shook our bodies
Water flew from even our bones.
 May 2013 Lili
Kenneth Springer
I once felt love,
True love in detail
The kind that people act out,
Pretend/believe/desire/crave/hope to be in.
She would wait for me,
Legs open, mouth dripping.
Infatuated by my scent,
Moist to my touch.
We were divine in movement,
Excelling in performance.
A state of euphoria found only in Eden.

Now she’s with another—simple as that.
 May 2013 Lili
Kenneth Springer
Be polite when clothed,
violent when naked.
smoke till it hurts
drink till you cough
And dance with an eye closed.
Then
Seek happiness but don’t keep it.
When it’s gone,
Then
Start from step one.
 May 2013 Lili
Kenneth Springer
Moons ago I smoked till the filter,
Drank Johnny’s backwash
And slept hungry.
How can you know an empty stomach,
Without dancing in Tampa for a buck fifty?
What’s for breakfast?
“cowboy killers.”
lunch I asked,
“Kentucky deluxe.”
Dinner?
“A bent Porto Rican kitten.”
But people are seasons
And springtime had come.
Now it’s easy, but still stiff.
In the end of the day.
ehh.
 May 2013 Lili
Kenneth Springer
Counting the ‘pops’ on the popcorn ceiling
Without sleep how can one dream.
Without dreams how shall I see my future,
My past or my present?      
A fitting sentence    
carried out slowly.
To inhale, consume, **** and fight at will.
Is it my fault? That I love to be wicked?
Letting my “id” run rampant with immorality,
the weight of the bags –Droplets of fatigue.
So when the moon rises,
don’t look for me, I won’t be home.
Because the man with no dreams,
Must turn his reality into one.
can you see the skull?.
 May 2013 Lili
S D S
Life is easier,
with love
But love is easier,
without romance

Quiet solitude
Sanctimonious and Holy
A hermit in the wind

Life goes on
without you
But you are fun
to have around

Private horror
Ceremonial Cloistering
Old man at Twenty-Three
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