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These days now anyone know where they from
..banking up power lines making home
out of outdoor hammocks & boxes of spells
..backing up traffic “set off” by lightbulbs & smells
of cologne or any time she fries some eggs
..they hurt bad bad ah up on meh neck
These days now anyone know where they from
..holding her hostage in her own home
whipping barred fur up for “clienteles”
..the sight of dead dogs dotting the capital
with their tiny jaws with their tiny legs
..like lies like honey for an ex’s hex
These days now anyone know where they from
..bit by jaw combing a home
greeting meh housebound husband delusional
..he don’t know anyone never can tell
where they from as they wave wings & flex
..flex him so jumpy he thinks he sex
These days now anyone know where they from
..maybe “Africanised” the way they home
home in on the head of queeny as coral
..coral bleaching & running weal & larval
truck with trading even moons to wax
..for the money is all on the honey of facts
These days now anyone know where they from
Published in Town issue 2, January 2010. Download the PDF broadside here.
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