G.R.I.T.S

I like my grits smooth and creamy Not too much salt Hold the sugar Light on butter See I like my grits thick Fulfilling in every way Wrapping around my tongue Slowly trailing down my throat Giving me something to last me over Sometimes I like them flavored Add some parmesan or asiago to the…

New $100 Bill

The Federal Reserve has announced it will begin circulating a new $100 bill in October. The revamped bill includes added security features to prevent it from being forged by counterfeiters. $100 BILL’S HIGH-TECH FEATURES: Bell in the inkwell changes from green to copper when titled 3-D blue security ribbon woven into paper, not printed Portrait…

Primark Factory Disaster (8 of 30)

Bodies streaming down beautiful fabric rolls Lightning fast Crackle boom Devastation and morning counting the fallen Looking for the lost Dust flying Rubble and ashes everywhere There’s a child motherless A father missing A son searching Police holding family members at bay Tears drenching the streets Cries and wails Sounds of mourning And there’s a…

Unspoken (7 of 30)

You Here Now Baby Please Yes Deeper Steady Focused Searching Secreting Entering Left Right In Out Slow Fast Over Behind Biting Pulling Scratching Moaning Whispering Kissing Soaking Thrusting Caressing Owning Yours In Mine Open Giving Taking Climaxing Together Both Satisfied

In the beginning (7 of 30)

Grey clouds linger The roll of thunder Crack of lightening Incense burning Sandalwood drifting Usher crooning We are grooving No sex involved, just grooving You laid between my thighs sharing your most intimate desires Speaking life into existence Proclaiming our reality is better than fiction Where instinct meets intuition Where love making begins

Boston Bombing (6 of 30)

No rock No stone No pebble No grain No house No home No closet No grave Your friends Your family Your mother Your daughters Your sons Forget Geneva No peace No treaties Cross borders Dig through ditches Sleep in trenches Feed on leeches Come a day A week A month or years We will hunt…

Death is Knocking (5 of 30)

Sun is shining Birds are flying Birds are chirping Nature growing Death is stewing There’s going to be a funeral today I dreamt it Just about the night that it happened, i dreamt my grandmother had died Woke up with heart palpitations in a cold sweat Made a note to call her When I did,…

Disinterested (4 of 30)

She wanted to love me I simply was not interested Not her walk, her talk, touch, nor kiss There were no words to change my mind We were simply better off as friends She did not move me Didn’t incite the reigning passion that happens to take over my body without warning The intensity of…

Long After (3 of 30)

Long after I have packed my last bag The scent of me no longer lingering in your sheets My towel no longer across the rack Bath soaps gone Toothbrush removed Will you remember the feel of me cradled in your arms Leg thrown across yours Cheek against your face Nose cradled in your hair Long…