I STABBED SOMEONE ~

One day

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2Omething dahk came between ue.
4 black andehapely 2hqadow
gatheled irzelf rogether

and ineinugred it2 2lick finger
into the mantle Of Our minae.

We ahgued

or I qhgued

She lef'r

qnd I followed

+O be interPupted

Only by my gathering

of q cOppeh-coloured letter Opener.

I went after her

with the 2ingled mindedneze
Of q pit bull zent +O kill.

I Pemember my qhm going Up
and my hand going down
like the Ogéillgring arm

of gq ghghdmorber clock.

I felt kOPrified and qehamed
before contact waz made
in back.

9 huniligred and dizgraced

etree Otyped image Of qn O2thich
ith it2 kead in the ground.

While I felt like death ing chOck por
My friend qnd I were brought + Ogether
with. the efficiency Of dog2 herding ewez
for me r.c ke My gp ology.

b big 2peech by then

NSthing from my.playmare

and twO worde from me

i fl’m 20Pry.

by Ghovera
fi a

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I saw you in the sunlight
And I liked what I'd see

I thought 11 would be nice
Ip I could have you with me.

So I gave you my heaxt,

In hopes that you would find,
ALL or the love,

That I keep hidden inside

For a moment in Time,
You held i in your hands,

You let 1 Loose, like sand

I placed you on a pedestal,
Something special in your eyes
But once again, I walk away,
‘Cause all I got were Lies.

You proansed to ke honest,

And you've often said you care,
Words and actions, 00 not match
You're so very unaware.

Your eyes they were the sunlight,
And your voice like angel's sing
And agter all is said and done,
Seems | ansread everything.

You took my heart, and threw 1T,
As Far as you could away,

When all you really needed to do,
Was find a few words To say

I Guess IT Just Wasn’T lapoRTANT,
Or this, easier To 00,

All that I keep thinking...

10 have never done this to you.

And even after you've Thrown away
You call, Like nothing’s wrons,

I can only wonder, I will not ask
Just what the hell, you're on

And I, will not apologize
Or take back my Loving words
I'll keep moving forward, no Regrets...

Someday, my heart will be heard.

by Taanny J. Wilson

Yell

Stop abusing M@Y NICE INTRINSIC NATURE

Stop challenging my brink of tolerance

I’m sick and Tired of being a giver

T’@ incapable of coping with your snare

Stop invading my scarce dignity

Stop depriving ay sense of possession

Ya uneasy with avy nudity

Ta not used to the open-ended theory

Stop ansunderstanding ay bisexuality
"Stop underestimating my silence

T’'@ seeing through your taking of advantage

I’m complicating my duplicity
Stop satirizing my incapability
Stop detaining wy precious Time
I’m more aching than appreciating

T’@ sympathizing with your instability

by Idtoric Cinnamon

Much to my surprise, | saw a twinkling by ite eyer
hope or aspiration yet unrealized.

And while I was lost dreaanng, o,

Se

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Co
2

The Rubber Room

Sometimes — like now
| think
lam insane
| keep falling
into
this hole
that takes so long
to climb out of
| dwell here
invisible
creating
letting go
unable
to tear myself away
from this need
that keeps bringing me here
to this place
where
the Sirens
steal into my thoughts
confusing me
pulling me away
from earthly bound
endeavours
where is the rubber room
| think ne
| need to be there for a while~

by Barbara Kinley-Hubert

My Son’s Father

He used to come

pick me up after work,

and we'd ride all over town

on his motorcycle, :

with our hair streaming.out .
and the wind fresh 6n our ski

I’d cling tight behind
and we were like one, _
me, him, the bike.

There were partigy,
every night where

we knew everyone,’
and he took me, an

 

 

10 September 17 1996 The Other Press