poetry posture

By c.r. glasgow

locs tied

alternate Roots

binding bastards bound for broken

branches of the ancestor tree.

eyes bulged

to match this package

erupting lines lodged

between the vorticity of belly

& drool of mouth.

heart resuscitated by financials,

flaying phalanges pulsating with the

beat of the final drum.

shoulders shawling

pulsating syncopated

that snare making sense

of nonsense got

the body in

perforated chalk outlines...

just in case

when they make a case

catch case of the

fires from the edge of humanity,

blood boosted awaiting mutations.

worlds wordsmithed like the Rapture caught in the sky

waiting to be saved.

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c.r. glasgow (doc/she/we) is a non-binary, queer, first-generation Afro-Caribbean-American.  c’s work has been supported by fellowships and workshops through Jack Straw, Hugo House, Wild Seeds, VONA (2021 Haitian Heritage Scholarship), Hurston/Wright, and The Watering Hole. c’s work has appeared or forthcoming in the Arrow Journal, Killen’s Review, Jack Straw Anthology, and Black Lawrence Press. c has also had several live performances including Brooklyn Yawp, LitCrawl Seattle, and Seattle Public Library.