prodigality blues
what kind of a man is he?
what kind of a man is M.I.A.
on the night his son is about
to break thru?
do u know where he is?
the wife winges i reach for
the dial phone +dial
he is not alone not far from
home the wife will not touch
the stinkbaby
perfect+gesticulate
and when he is 2 she plays too
close to the water’s edge a game
of rolling him
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..he will eat my bread and he will observe my religion, the stranger said..
why should he not bear my name?.. (William Faulkner Light in August 1932)
Fall 2020
songanddancegirl 