If I’m a
poet
Then I must
be responsible
James Baldwin
So prize
What are you
waiting for to begin
Rest of
existence
So much
resistance to revolution
Rather be
comfortable in cut
Waiting for
rock salt to sting
Breath of
fresh hope
On ropes
wobbly legs shabby ankles
Recuperate start
to percolate
What gives
you shakes
Anxious nerves
paranoid premonition
Constitution
needs multiple revisions
Declaration must
have house remix
Heavy bass crumbling
ivory towers
On top of
dead white marble statues
Embrace inspiration’s
seductive selfie
Inviting you
to creep over
Pick up
frequency of your delinquency
What can
give you more reason to be righteous
Besides
modern madness
Paint opus
capturing calamity
Contains courage
feeding malnourished hopeless
Steaming porridge
fresh farina
Grits stick
to smoky ring ribs
Guttural Gloria
Palms raised
with absolution
Divino when
we recognize our Godliness
Smiling musk
frowny funks
Wrinkles across
beauty marks
Open window
Let city
cough away until naptime
Wake up
clave at corner colmado con
Proclamations
Cristo viene pronto
Stop playing
tonto
Suckas posing
cool will get
Devil’s pie
stacked with sprinkles
Thank viejos
for voices
Jumping from
tired mouths to eager ears
Thirsty brains
needing better reception
Too much
radio static
Props to
poets hustling hearts on tattoed sleeves
Peace to
enemies who try to silence and censor
Oppression knows
no boundaries
Ni uno puede
cagar en paz
Without
demonios out to rob your mananas
Gracias amazing
grace within palabras symphony
Voice box
sounds syllables
Communicate with
electric signals
Praise
imagination
Daring dreamers
to see
For brighter
dawns
Life shouldn’t
look like this
Moment in
rhyme provided by infinite spirit
Traveling through
natural mystic
Atmosphere floating
Getting dirtier
by the breath
Precious oxygen
vital water
Soon
elements all we have left
Earth Wind
and Fire
Won’t be
telling us to celebrate in September
Remember
yesterday
Today moves
faster than tomorrow
But that is
all we are given
Lucky perhaps
Good looking
for another chance
Rugged resurrection
Nothing
romantic about reality
Responsible artist
Pray for
power of Pa’lante
Be fearless
