Vendor Poetry

PROFANE SUPER POWER

BY JEN A.

After your evil deeds were done,

And your clandestine

Votes were taken,

Having arrested

All voices of dissent,

Your limp members slithered

From your limestone vault

Under cover of

Cimmerian darkness

And knelt in self-righteous prayer;

One knee on the neck

Of a black man,

And the other knee on the neck

Of a woman.

THE SKY

TYRONE M.

I looked up/seen it

huge bluespaced

against a billion stars

a blue sky

moving endlessly

all ‘round

TEACH THE WORLD SOMETHING NEW

BY JOHN H.

Sixty years old, and feel no pain

It’s the hate in America, that drives a man insane

Take a look in a mirror, that’s where it startOn your way to bed, ask

God to cleanse your heart

Ya see it starts with me, before I can ask you

Maybe afterwards you and I can get together, give the world a clue

Loving someone ain’t hard, it depends on you

I think it’s time we teach the world something new

A DOLLY PARTON SONG SAVED MY LIFE

BY LOGAN M.

You spun me around three times

said bloody mary’s gonna get me again

Punched me in my face

Locked me in the closet

Stuck a needle in your arm again

Daddy’s out hustling for his next hit of crack

Mommas usually don’t let thier babies starve

and leave them there aching with a broken heart

This merry go round keeps on spinning around

This merry go round keeps on spinning around

I never thought a Dolly Parton song could save my life

A handful of pills I’d stop just in time

A cup of ambition

motivation 9 to 5

Maybe someday I’ll have a better life

I’m a sparrow when I’m broken

I wanna be an eagle that flies

Momma’s not coming home

Daddy’s drunk again

I’m locked in this closet again

This Dolly Parton Barbie doll is my only friend

I never thought a Dolly Parton song could save my life

A handful of pills I’d stop just in time

A cup of ambition

motivation 9 to 5

Maybe someday I’ll have a better life

I’m a sparrow when I’m broken

I wanna be an eagle that flies

LOVE

BY VICTOR J.

People say they love you all the time left and right

Soon as you turn around that love is gone

In 60 seconds

But God’s love will never end