The U & I (Unconcerned and Indifferent)Podcast

... a call session with, Poet extraordinare, Efe. Wise words and admonitions from the man of words...

Quotable(s): "...think for yourself."

Song: Mikey Mike - Doin me

SECONDHAND SERENADE
(For Yvette)

man carves his femur into a flute
to play you a discordant tune
the amputee has no wrists to wear flaws
on sleeves and yet
he carries them on his back
until his flesh becomes a shell housing
echo and abandonment.

woman, your veins are vines that bind
hand and feet in obstinate surrender,
testing resolve, bending ideals,
eroding common sense.

you are both red and blue pills,
and on not so sober days, one wonders
what kills; the blade, the needle or a broken heart?
(there is nothing romantic about a love that breaks your spirit)

the precision in severed carotid
the deluge of shame washing over a body
placing it gently at the riverbed.
it is the skill in execution,
carving a man into a forgettable.

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