4 quick poems on Earth
and you
Underneath my
Becoming my
Around my
Feet
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Title: Moving Heaven & Earth (unfinished)
I’ve put Earth down
Moved it somewhere further
So it can’t touch you
Even if it tried
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A green grass blade
A shoulder blade
A knife blade
A woman on Earth
A woman is Earth
A drop of water
A ripple in the water
A smile on a face
A scowl taking place a scowl taking place a sc—-
On a green blade of grass
A shoulder blade
From a knife blade
A woman on Earth
Becomes,
is,
at the hands of
Earth
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Ode to Earth
Is an ode to joy
Joy jumped out
Oh boy oh boy
I am grateful
I love thee
A tree to hug
Is a friend to me
About the Creator
Jay,when I write
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23, Black, queer, yup
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