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My Mom Said to Me
she thinks I stink of unearned sweat because
I swim in homicide and trash and
dream of stars.
I breathe carbon dioxide and drink the flames.
she thinks
I’ll do whatever it takes
to not sweat tonight
I’ll kiss a cloud
and lick the earth
I’ll rest my breath
and wander my mind
I will not sweat tonight
I’ll find a church
and pick my skin
I’ll wear the black
and think work a sin
I will not sweat tonight
I’ll blow a bubble
and float in wine
I’ll spin and sing
and touch the gold
I will not sweat tonight
And I do not sweat tonight
I’ll trip and fly
and tame my tongue
Yet
she doesn’t dance with me
and I choke
on the low clouds of doubt
and cannabis
don’t want to prove I have legs by breaking them
don’t want
my fingers to bleed, when I play
my music.
don’t want
to drown
when laughter grows louder, tears fall heavier,
loud and heavy as
thunder and rain
in rainfall she swims
I bob, I float, I bow
or I drown
or all my poems unpoem themselves
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