Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Atlanta Public Housing

the Courts and Groves
and hollowed Coves

homes

the Glens and Shades
and Palisades

homes

the Microtel and Matchbox cars
cigarettes, candy cigars

homes

gentry came and gentry went
after all, the patience spent

homes

manor gates and cherried dates
felt a kiss from knickered Bates

homes

my Jordans clean
like my TV screen

homes

across the way the Applegate
mansion waits (inward decay)

homes

porch subverts, inducting plates
scribbled paint obliterates

homes

trash creek members
and bare Decembers

homes

complex of shame
complex of shame

homes

I'd vote for him
but I can't write my name

homes

my barrel's burnt
my cousin's dry

homes

I wonder if the boy's
gon' die

homes

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