PRESENTS

Today I put on

the red warm blood

people love me today

a woman smiled at me

a girl gave me a conch

a boy gave me a hammer

today I kneel down onto the sidewalk

I nail the naked legs

of the passersby on the slabs

they’re all teary eyed

yet no one of them is scared

they’ve all stayed in places which I reached

they’re all teary eyed

yet they gaze at the neon signs up high

and the female beggar who sells Easter Bread

on the sky

two men whisper

what’s he doing? Is he nailing our hearts?

Yes, he’s nailing our hearts

for he’s the poet

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