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Night Penchant (Free verse) by Shardik
"Time is different now, it moves
much slower, faster. Days slip
away into night. I have always
been a night person. I find a
warm place to curl up in the
middle of a dark room, and
listen... and something,
is listening to me."
James Baldwin 1987.
I am not a black man,
I am not, nor have I
ever been, a slave,
but for this anger that
wells up in my throat
bringing a choke to
the back of my
mouth, and water
from my eyes.
Not a fearful pause,
or is it need for
me to worry more,
but when the moment
comes again for me
to find a reason to
let you live. I very
well might not.
Choking you dead,
but beautifully planned; as the
Cemetery tree Brugmansia,
with its huge drooping belled
flowers. I would leave you
there without an answer;
as you brought me here.
A cold morning's feast
for the best crow.
Going home, I would
kiss my wife's forehead,
and eat fresh fruit to the
sound of our children playing
Knowing it's a better world,
without you in it.
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