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  September 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

Always in the Dirty South

black men—, always with
protuberate, watchkeeping eyes.


  Saintly Sistas—, hair wrapped always
with tattered rags; always

  roped in faded ties.


  Clotheslines always suspended 3-

  rows deep. Audible winds
...

– by Anthony J. Mungin

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Befitting of Profile

I’m branded by many as that raisin-in-
the-sun; that Brotha whose tresses are
like sheep’s wool; feet like burning
bronze; w/ fire-flamed eyes. My
pigmentation—, the color of melanin
rind; that black knight, who, under a
pale moon shines....

– by Anthony J. Mungin

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Who Wants ME to be Free?

At night when I close my eyes, and envision, that black 6 year-old—cuffed, face flat on an icy-cold pavement; a gun drawn to her head.

I see the foaming abhorrence in the eyes of her badged abuser who can't see past his hate, nor to her broken...

– by Anthony J. Mungin

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Child-hearted Restorations

From my bedroom terrace
life progressively swings through
my consciousness,
which afore was aching with regret;
coalescing into an ineffable
infinity of serendipity.
I see those whom I adore laugh loud
in play. Immensely I worship my...

– by Anthony J. Mungin

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Sing me a Song!

Sing me a song _ of pleasurable days gone by; of huckleberry bushes; a whiff of honeysuckle stems; a song of the rolling hills we loved to climb.

Sing me a song _ of a city bustling with tradition and black pride.

Sing me a song _ of harbor...

– by Anthony J. Mungin

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