Poetrama Magazine Issue 2 April 2021 (2)

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by ChionisoTrapStarHe wants chains all over his bodychains all over his neckchains all over his arms.calls it drip.calls it swag.but all it is is traumafrom the past.of generations and generations ofblack men trapped in slaverymaybethat's why he calls himself atrapstar.'cause there's celestial light trappedinside of these black bodies.but I wish you knew that half thegold in your rolex watches ain'tworththe gold I watch in you.
She gazes at me,Her hazelnut brown eyesCold, distant.... defeated.Somehow she looks familiar,Suddenly I feel as though I know her.For that guarded lookWas all to familiar to me.She looks like an island,Cut off from the worldRejectedDeniedUnwantedI take a step towards herShe seems to flinch as though I've actually hurt herI gaspThe pain of this woman evident in her every moveAnd her very appearanceOh I how I'm sure I know this womanAnd it hits meI've been that woman.THISWOMAN.by Kiaramanaka.
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Poetrama Magazine Issue 2 April 2021 (2)

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