#sacred

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

"Compassion and Self-Neglect [10w] Compassionate people know how to care of everybody but themselves."

"Premature Evacuation [10w] I've stopped all my relationships short,not unlike this poem."

"Love [10w] Love is a time machineset to your perfect present"

"O God O God I love you.I worship you, I need you.Everything I am is because of you.Everything.O God I hate you."

"Fulfillment [10w] Sometime fulfillment goes beyond the date Amazon delivers your order."

"Fashion [10w] Clothes makes the man.Fashion, above all, makes the President."

"Pun vs. Puny [10w] + {Couplet} "His penis was a pun,judging by the predictable groans.The hours set by innuendos,the seconds by the moans."

"Sometimes God is Drunk [10w] Satan's sudden appearance means God is on a drinking binge."

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"Don't Quit ❣ Don't quit on love and it won't bail on you."

"Poorly Hidden [10w] We're incapable of hiding arrogance, ambition or being in love."

"As Dead As "Nothing's changed at my place of birth.It is as dead as I remember leaving it."

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Rat Trap Haiku 'Hmm, 12 by 13,4 by 9. Oy! You call thisrat trap an apartment?"

"Home Never give up a home for a house;you may never find a home again."

"Political Strategists Avoids the Controversial [10w] Politicians win by pandering to the base of shared assumptions."

"Forget [10w] {Couplet} Let's lift our goblet of regret,forgive, forsake and forget."

"Voodoo I'm phobic about pins and needles.Can I just stick a voodoo doll in the microwave?"