Lit Review – Page 45

only say hello

no one is coming to take yourprecious little nucleus, okay?we just wanna live another waywhere is the proof?where is the puddin’?scenes of mayhem and haw and hee and look holook hi and loand behold seethe train trackson my back on my sleeveis my life andi sigh cuz why?don’t say don’t go only say hello

Fish-Woman

Fish-Woman broke the surface of the Pacific Ocean at 4:12 AM, just missing a passing schooner. As it was drifting away, a man on the ship thought he saw something, almost human, bubbling up. Huh, he thought, and thought no more. Fish-Woman’s lungs, crystalline and fossilized from years of dis-use, began to crack open.Continue reading “Fish-Woman”

Revolutionary Letter – First of the Month

when it comes to fighting, there are people who will help you & there are people who will not & there are people who will stand in the way. find the people who will help — Read on http://www.firstofthemonth.org/revolutionary-letter/

i told a lie

i told a liei told it welli had to finda different spellto seal the wall to free from helli told u thati wished u welli told a liei told it well

some reflection on love and control

some people ask for thingsthat are impossible to do like stop loving you i wanted to tell you that i love you but i knew it is too soononce, reflecting on whoi attracted, the dominant typesome literally professional my former love told me it was that big women who saw i was easy to controlContinue reading “some reflection on love and control”

Federico Garcia Lorca: Song of Negroes in Cuba

Son de Negros en Cuba, in Spanish. “Son” is a Cuban musical genre (think African beat, Iberian melody). It also translates as “ are.” Song of negroes… Federico Garcia Lorca: Song of Negroes in Cuba

Sorcery by Jessica Hagedorn | Poetry Foundation

there are some people i know whose beauty is a crime. — Read on http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58125/sorcery

ways of making love #1

based on a prompt from bernadette mayer dance dance dance dance dancehold me close and tell me a secret dance dance dance dance dance be sweet and thoughtful when u candraw us a bubble bath, with lavender a solo traveller’s farewell gifta message that it’s okay to leavewhisper to me “you’re all mine”even tho youContinue reading “ways of making love #1”

if u can manage

i’m so excited for tomorrow and the possibility it bringsi forget about my angerand i begin to sing i’m full to the brim with knowingall the subtle sayingsuntil it’s snowingi begin prayingwhat’s your disease?what’s your damage?tell if you pleaseif u can manage