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Gender Lust

Spokenword

By ShondaWhoPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
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How boys love:

He left pieces of her laid out on his mother's carpet.

Like the last toys he forgot to clean up before supper.

No instructions, No manual, Assembly required.

His mother taught him to sweep her under the rug,

Next to his black drummer toy. He now plays with soldiers.

That's how a black boy prepares for war. Strip him of his

jazz and remind him of tremors colored red and blue.

He is still drawn to her array of figures; she was coated in snakeskin,

Dipped in candle wax. Pure like the white t-shirt on his back.

Surrender to her innocence. She's too fragile for fire and he's too

frigid for diamonds. Yet he builds ships not to drown in her waters but to

dip his feet in. Unnoticed by her sunset he aligns his emotions with her

tsunamis. Captain of a sea that bared him the history of a fatherless mind

and a vacant mother. He'd tinker with her body parts for she beheld his

storm clouds. Oblivious to his play date he'd only wanted knowledge of

eve's suppression for we know apple's fall from trees. No lease to her

home for he had already moved in. Next to the utopia that confined

treasures. He'd swindle is sword not knowing her treasure was looted by

previous bandits. Yet, this was only his imagination. He'd place her back in

his toy chest with the rest of his trophy's. Never did he get to crown her a

queen for he was just a boy who'd love to play. The only women he'd

admire presided in the dining room for he'd never be late for supper.

A boy only knows to love his mother.

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About the Creator

ShondaWho

•Published Poet/Writer

•Proud College Student

•Creatively breaking down my mind to expand yours 📖

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*About Me*

◇ Gay Black Female

◇ Storytelling, Poetry, Spokenword

◇ I ❤ Spring

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