The Uncool

Don't come find me

I left you sitting on front stoops
stairs descending into street cement
stepping on cigarette butts because
I was sick of seeing you shine like
it was acceptable to wait and fade
into my memory

dwelling as statues, still
existing only leaving
taking late night walks – somewhere under streetlights
because there was no one
left to visually own you
since no one else saw you differently

from one dimensional sorrowful subjects of sight
sons bathing in light rays off
mirror iris’ reflection
graphic shirt prints “This is that new shit” and
old kids born after the trends been set
I can smell the desire, the demise
of their own odor
they were clean

cut-ting glances past me to the next


Well don’t remember me cuz I’ll be the kid
eaving home at 3a.m. when no one’s around
with ice on my teeth because
conversations about style kept calling cavities
and I just wanted to numb the pain of
castigating tight pants and color confused nikes
of this America
say goodbye to this American
I’m history
put my teeth on the curb and X
me out

Please God
or
whoever is up there,

eclipse the moon
rain clouds blot out these stars
white light has become too bright to see hope
floating like a prayer stated once too many times
purgatorial neglect
lies at the cost of self for
stitched seams
and I just want to rip
the runway with box cutters…
tear that shit apart

so thank you

for that blink,
that second you gave me
and the eternity you left so I can feel
like a ghost and wander
still translucent
unable to
be shined upon.

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