Burkina Faso Poems

I stand in the room looking down on you
My hands dance on my back
Muscled and warm
From the cozy living room
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The loudest mosquito I have ever heard
Buzzes in my ear
And before it ceases
It Reveals its true identity as the
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They say to me
“sit up and fly right”
I tell them that I am not a pilot
Nor a pidgeon
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Mommy, when you laugh
everything seems okay
I want to hug you close enough
to smell your smell of rosy flesh
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You ignored me
And I know it was on purpose
My eyes they narrow as I think
Of all the things you’ve done to me
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