WitchCraftA Poem by Monday ParkerThe murky night quenched with an earlier downpour Looming houses sweat its aftermath I knew what he wanted when he called His meaning, his desire I never could have been more accurate He wishes to thrust shards of agony onto them Bringing their mercy down like midnight fire For what they did to him and I We could have cried together Wept like motherless children at the thought of loves deception One of each loved us at a time And we returned Together they shattered aspiration Stirring a soup of tragedy with Alphabet letters spelling our names Scorched two happy people at the stake of their witchcraft Of their thoughtless ACTS Days later, still I tremble Fighting back my distress with clawed fingers Only it fights back Using my own method to slice my youthful flesh I run with nowhere to turn I hide in wide open emotions Dreaming up a spell of revenge…
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