for malik ameer
www.malikameer.com

1.
in some other lifetime
or galaxy
we led tribes of warriors
to write literary legacies together
soundbombing soul-sonnets
harnessing haikus to power
new forms unimagined
and i feel
the intimacy of that galaxy
and this one
imploding the earth
if we don’t sort out
joint purpose:
we should be shaking the world
out of its sleep.

I somehow feel my solo tremor
will not have the same impact
so let us quake and quiver
as if it were
our first kiss

2.
whenever i remember you
i remember aspects
I don’t think you show yourself
that beautiful, fuzzy shit
like your notebook-scribble
it disobeys boundaries
has its own style
is obvilious to any eyes
that might judge it
incorrectly
and my ears beg to hear
sanctified poetix
the imaginable wild-style
your smile makes
when happiness slips
out your eyes and into mine

3.
sometimes
when i’m alone
and wanting to be close
to some body
i can be silent with
someone who talks back
in sleep
and holds me
without touch
i think…
he is something other
we could be something other
i miss him

and I think to myself:
damn boy!
when you coming home?