Tunnel

I have lost

a train

for I never built

a track –

Only a tunnel

that ate up

the light

inside.

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I birth universes

from the biggest bangs

and the smallest ones too.

I create us with our poems,

stories, and books.

I shape art

for future generations

for my shape is art

of future generations.

I am greatness embodied

for only through the greatness

of my body does greatness

have meaning to any body.

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You ask hello how are you and I answer fine and you say that’s good and I ask how are you and you say fine and I say that’s good and in the silence that follows, that continues when we leave and separate, that echoes in our walk, I know that these are the ways we show our love for they are the only way we know how.