sidenote: thank you because most (if not all) of my growth as a poet can be traced right back here to you.
it airs tomorrow @ 11:30PM(est) on hbo.
i haven't seen the edited verison...so i'm not sure how i'll look or if the poem will flow with some of the sections they had to cut out due to time constraints.
but yeah, if you happen to be home and watching tv...check me out.
time don't move like tina's hands can it don't even try to move like i do while her pale brown lips pinched shut manage to squeeze out a
"bitch, i said don't move" whisper
that takes up my half of the bed with her freshly filed fingers finding space in a prison hole not big enough for 2 not big enough for 3 yet she manages to fit her penis envy in and she's got rhythm like a man 'cept her two step last longer because she's not trying to cum
she trying to run
me trying to find power in pussy that belongs to neither of us any more but i let her continue to search for days on a calendar she scratched inside of me she’s hoping to one day reach my womb by her hands so she can feel close to her children without glass in between she trying to touch her children in me not realizing that i left my eggs at home too but I let her try because eventually she’ll stumble around my clit and if i find the right angle to look at tina thru then squint my eyes slightly she starts to look like one of them fine high yella boys that usta whistle my name then i get quiet and pretend that one of them is loving me with old spice heavy on his neck and malted lips that i take to the head drowning out my moans with silence
because dyke still ain't dick
regardless how much i imagine it to be I am not a dyke i just need someone to hold on to to remind me what the world feels like and i betcha tina wasn't no dyke when she was free she probably didn't even like the smell that fell past her knees when she bent over for a love she'd end up shooting and now she's looking in pussy for a past time because love has fucked up her memory so much that she calculates her children's ages by the number of times she seen their faces and one of them has been 2 for too long but tina still holds on to baby pictures faded at the edges with push pin marks at the top to remind her how many times she was up for parole how many times she was packing her stuff to leave and how many times she ended up pushing pins back in to these walls
so, yeah i let tina search in me because we're in the same cell made of the same plea bargains that got denied before we tried to explain to justice that we too were blinded we two are binded trying not to be bound in past tense because we're still young enough to remember what old is and that’s why i let her leave salt on my nipples as she tries and taste life again let her find prayers on her knees that stay between me and her not worrying bout if gods/or guards are listening or watching because we got our eyes closed grinding pussies to the tune of time hoping that if we rub them right we'll get our wishes or at least cum closer to turning moments into days.
2. "I don't know you but" In response to Reply # 0
Congratulations for real. That is awesome. I just seen the last one with Alicia Keys and John Legend on there. I'll be sure to watch that tommorow night. Congratulations again. ~one~
"I'm scientific, but my reflex gangsta"- Black Thought
wonderful to hear about freestylers doing their thing off the boards
dont got HBO- but i'll be cheering you on- there's a lot of cats in the other boards who put up show videos and i usually see them talking about def poetry
4. "RE: def poetry & paperdollpoet." In response to Reply # 0
I don't have HBO either, and I'm sad to be missing out on your big moment... this is incentive to upgrade my cable package...
The poem you performed is stellar work though... you gave me a diffrent perspective on prison life... one that I would never have envisioned on my own.
8. "RE: def poetry & paperdollpoet." In response to Reply # 0
woww......amazing imagery & wordplay...... i really could feel myself in the cell in this one..congrats on your debut on HBO....Keep doing your thing Queen!
19. "RE: def poetry & paperdollpoet." In response to Reply # 0
You don't have to be on T.V. for "us" to know that you're our (((shining))) star -- -- But the fact that you "WILL" be on T.V. lets the rest of the world know that you're A (((SHINING))) STAR! --
~C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S~
And best of luck in all future endeavors ...
(((Shine On)))
A guitar string vibrating, a measure of my soul, a breech in the silence -- I've always felt like words come through me & I write them down... they have no master --- gsquared ♥
22. "RE: def poetry & paperdollpoet." In response to Reply # 0
there is a brother i know i always tell him he brings the stars a little closer to all of us...you have in this piece done that for me. I mean yes the verbal will be ausome i know cause you got that kinna flow i feel you but the written here deserves some "high regard" yes POET LAURETTE paperdoll do the damn thing baby gurl...hurl this to the flame that inspired it and know we are blessed by every painful pleasurable moment...this reaches across morality, religion, sex, prison into something still quiet in most of us, compassion. only an empath could have written this. no doubt feelin you ASIEM "Kuun fiyah Kuun" Quran (Be and it is) " A writer takes his pen to write the words again that all in love is fair" Stevie Wonder checkout these sites http://4luvofpoetry.com www.poetology.com
32. "RE: and she did the damn thing" In response to Reply # 30
yes she did...is it me or did anyone else feel like my own family was just on TV reprazentin...aluei ale is that spelled right? paperdoll i started writing again cause i saw Queen Sheba on Def poetry years ago. tonight i just saw you someone who shows me love in this place a few months ago i met queen sheba here in baltimore...maybe one day i will proliferate and find my own place among the stars ASIEM "Kuun fiyah Kuun" Quran (Be and it is) " A writer takes his pen to write the words again that all in love is fair" Stevie Wonder checkout these sites http://4luvofpoetry.com www.poetology.com
36. "can you inbox me your autograph?...." In response to Reply # 0
...lol cause i finally saw that shit and it was ridiculously tight
first off lyrically it was amazing-- sections that rang in my ears and the story of the whole thing- how it unfolded
was she bi a lesbian- straight- and then bam prison i was not expecting that
so glad i didnt read this first and spoil the surprise
also your description of what they got from their encounter revealed so much about your characters and society as a whole
plus your energy as a performer you really inhabited this i was riveted-- you conveyed a lot of emotion without being over the top (a problem i have often seen in spoken word)
if you were nervous i couldnt see it at all-- you owned it
congratulations
i just wish i could see more of the poets on here read their work like this-- theres no substitute for that
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