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Camelheart

Saint Jude says what's up

been in Boston all night

having coffee and tea, I bet

you're doing the same

in Tibet or wherever

 

They tried everything

on you: the secret arrests

burned Rumi books

poisoned coconut water

giraffes with broken faces

 

Loneliness is the door to the traps

but you know

who you are

I know too when I see you

on the coast

 

as still, as skinny as

one of my African statues

as lithe as a palm frond or a jellyfish

You were always going to get free

you were always going to get free

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Written by
masikanicrocodile
Kenyan
Published
Feb 24, 2013
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for b-dawg

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