Brandon Antonio Smith Poems

Going through the day with an empty stomach,
Anxiety is written in my bones.

A lady smiles as she walks by,
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Why are you invading my mind?
Is it because i'm the very thought possessing yours?
Not too difficult for you
To seep through the cracks.
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Cast out entirely this time around.
There's a beautiful world waiting,
But its easy to be blinded by what you thought was beautiful in a beautiful world.
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The getaway is close to our eyes,
Can't you escape with me?
You're not obliged to.
It's true that a wrong is committed at least once in life.
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A spore
Sought my sopor.
It is volatile,
It disperses
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My neighbor recalls his past life.
In it, he drank warm whiskey in the late evening,
While staring into space.
His white chandelier flinched, suspended high,
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