i’ll know her hands anywhere
Hamlet will always have to say the lines written
for Hamlet (James Hollis From Misery to Meaning)
do you know the author of your lines?
or have u realized that your lines are written by
suffering a life by ecstasy by moving toward death
with aplomb
my mother did everyday make-up on orange lips
pearl hair-clip bejewelled hands like buttah i miss
her hands
the one bent finger where my own begins to slant
we held hands every Tuesday +sang Stevie Wonder
until Tuesdays ran out
her hands by her sides began to rigor misshapen
curling into deathgrip skin still so soft +birdclaw
things of great beauty
did you know that you can change the script? at any time
you can jump ship go to a dengue ridden rainforest in
in Grenada!
cavort with thick fingered cartel members in Mexico GO!
or you can swing your chains above your head just be
careful someone doesn’t lose an eye
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Fall 2022 ..sit complacent by that fork in the road ..or just stick a fork in it poet..
songanddancegirl 