Rafael Trujillo would have his soldiers hold up a sprig of parsley in front of Haitian migrants and ask what it was. If pronounced incorrectly, the person was executed right where they stood.
Goose pimples and delicate silver chains
Lipstick stained spliff
Shiny toenails and curls from Elmina Castle and perejil
I like him.
Our fingers touch. Creation of Adam and Storm.
This is an unfamiliar dish
Barramundi,chlodnik, biltong
I don’t know how to do this.
Like eating with chopsticks.
Don’t judge.
Easy things are hard for me.
I like him.
But I don’t feel the need to prove it like that.
This is uncharted territory
If you can control what you put in your mouth,
You can control anything.
Been blood-filled free for about a year.
Perhaps that is where i harness the power to not kiss him
Everytime he laughs, or when I watch him reach for things in
the dusty bookstore, and
I realize I was robbed by not being a black man.
His voice unfolds me in the most gentle way.
I like him.
The power in his thighs makes me wonder.
Saltwater crocodiles slam their jaws at 3,700 pounds
Per square inch-lions at a thousand.
What about a man?
What about you?
Let’s continue not to find out.
This way, I can see you.
LSSmith 
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