Poem: To my Lover of another Race (2020)

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Let my name be Poetry on your lips
Shhh... Don't say it. Whisper it.
Let my name be an Anthology
Of all I have loved and lost
Ride it.
Go over its bumps and twists and
Please pronounce it properly!
Let my name be art
Draw me, paint me. Don't whitewash me!
Let my name be music
Sweeter than all the symphonies of
Mozart and Zahara.
Sing it to me.
Let my name be a dance.
Can you move with it? Or is it too fast for you?
Like a sea in a bottle, can all this vivaciousness be contained?
Can you taste my saltiness?
Let my name excite you.
Practice it a little more,
Maybe at the end of the night
You'll be able to say it right.

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