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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Sanovia Muhammad is an author and published poet.
Also by Sanovia Muhammad:
A Journey to Forgiveness
You Will See
There is a nasty taste in my mouth
Bile making its way up
Caused by swallowIng toxic waste
From toxic words
Spewing from the mouths
Of toxic leaders
Backed up with an Arsenal
Of toxic hate
And marching just ain’t enough
To cleanse the taste
There is a nasty taste in my mouth
From years of foul play
Executed by those in blue
Toxic through and through
And petitions just ain’t enough
To cleanse the taste
Maybe waste in their face
There is a nasty taste in my mouth
Caused by swallowing the shit
Spewing from the mouth of those
Whose topic thoughts
Only allows them to scream and shout
Toxic slogans, outdated and rehearsed
And one knee on the field just ain’t enough
To cleanse the taste
There is a nasty taste in my mouth
Caused by cowards passing around
Buckets filled with toxic dollars
Spewing toxic lies
Of promises they want keep
And voting just ain’t enough
To cleanse the taste
There is a nasty taste in my mouth
Caused by a lifetime of sweet words
Just hold on
You’ll see
A lifetime of
When the time is right
You’ll see
A lifetime of
Be patient, our time is coming
You’ll see
A lifetime of the last will be first
You’ll see
Of we shall overcome
You’ll see
Of turn the other cheek
You’ll see …
This nasty taste in my mouth
Fueled by a lifetime
Of bull and shit
Soaked in oak barrels
Of lies and deceit
Where holding up signs
And honking horns
And kneeling in prayer and even writing these poems
Just Ain’t Enough
To cleanse this taste
This nasty taste in my mouth
And a lifetime of … you’ll see.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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