Lord she's gone done left me
done packed up and split
and I with no way to make her
come back and everywhere the world is bare
bright bone white crystal sand glistens
dope death dead dying and jiving drove
her away made her take her laughter and her smiles
and her softness and her midnight sighs—
Fuck Coltrane and music and clouds drifting in the sky
fuck the sea and trees and the sky and birds
and alligators and all the animals that roam the earth
fuck marx and mao fuck fidel and nkrumah and
democracy and communism fuck smack and pot
and red ripe tomatoes fuck joseph fuck mary fuck
god jesus and all the disciples fuck fanon nixon
and malcom fuck the revolution fuck freedom fuck
the whole muthafucking thing
all i want now is my woman back
so my soul can sing
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Feeling Fucked up
From guest GREG (contact)
It is a love poem, written from the pain of loss. It is a spiritual tantrum that destroys his intangibles like a drunken rock star trashes a room at the Motel 6. I Feel him cuz I've been there. -
From guest E_class84 (contact)
I love this poem. Etheridge Knihght is one of my Favorite poets. He basically simplfies how powerful LOVE is. -
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dammit fine piece of heartfelt longing. Going through this at the moment. feeling this.
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I agree with Nam, it's the kind of "feeling bad" that you don't care if anyone else is or has gone thru it. You only know that you are and it feels like you are the only one. It hurts so bad it makes living in your own skin difficult at best. Good piece.
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this poem makes my skin hurt. it's so amazing. it's love. it's real. it HURTS.
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Tho he does say 'fuck' at every other word near the end of the piece, I do find this to be heartfelt and endearing. Because he doesn't care about anything but getting his love back. He wants her back so bad that he doesn't care about everything else that is going on in the world or whatever happened in the world.
I find that sweet, and I don't use the word 'sweet' very often, but, it's true.
A good piece that he has written here.
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