Jacqueline Czel

We watched him drown
out his frustration and fears
in way too many tall, dark beers
and preach to the choir in the bar.
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It was whispered by staff,
he'd been on the wrong
side of an old revolution,
was beaten with the butt
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Ever untouchable she sits in her bramble and thatched hovel
among the broad trees and gnarled roots of knowledge
offering a cup of smoky tea to lost wanderers
on the forest road, something warm
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A child of Spirituals
found in old cotton fields,
through hidden meanings
the freedom trail, I reveal.
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You have to learn
when to walk away
from love.
Know when it's time
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They say beauty is in
the eyes of the beholder
and I have always gazed
upon your soul while your
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I believe in you
that much is clear
for you live
inside my heart
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Ain't nothing
but hard times
around the way,
words
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I have known you then and again,
across the oceans and rivers of time,
I have known you forever
for I am yours and you are mine.
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You see brown boys
can't do normal teenage
things, it isn't allowed,
a party, a gathering,
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We are but
peas in a pod
my man and me,
quiet people
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I am always clay.

I'm an intricate
combination of
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The shy man
said nothing
for 20 years
so she never knew
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I'm going to put on my Sunday shoes
and shake off the Saturday night blues
with a little shimmy and shake down on
Tremont where the Baptists roll,
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Blood pools and trails
in patterns across the
grey stone floor of time
and trickles downward
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He loved her wanton ways
and the feel of her soft skin
as she moved against him
in a slow glide of mutual
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Serving time,
serving mine,
so it seems,
focusing on
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Riding high, cinched
and hoisted miles into
the littered island sky,
sun kissed sky builder,
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Subtle lines around his eyes
lifted as she turned around
for him in her summer dress
and he reached for her with
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Come now tell me a fable,
for I want to be as beautiful
as the Snow Queen sledding
over the hills on a white winters day,
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