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cleopatra’s apron

he told me
it was that sexy little upturned swish
at the corner of my amber eyes
the curve i sometimes place
at the edge of my eyeliner

which told him
that i had both the flour sifting power
to bake him the perfect cake

or command my egyptian armies
to cut off his empire’s
holy roman grain supply

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Jazz Music poetry Short Stories Uncategorized Urban Legends

write like you have no mother

she leans forward
wearing mourning black
to a gleeful triumph
whispering into the ear
of her senate seated son,

“Look at him, Brutus, the man is not first citizen. He has made himself the king of Rome…”