AMERICAN DESTINY by Stephen Jarrell Williams
Half the night listening to them
licking their fingers of barbequed chicken,
out my window they cover the earth
rolling their joints out of Bible pages
unafraid of dying,
a thousand tribes mingled and massed,
no remorse
America splitting,
tipping into two seas,
tearing down the middle: land, cities, people…
She made me tie her to the hood of my car,
naked and posing and laughing with speed
80 mph down the freeway
busting through tollbooths,
wind howling
going off the cliff believing she’ll sprout wings.
October 18, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Stephen Jarrell Williams loves to write, listen to his music, and dance late into the night. He was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. His parents are native Texans. He has lived most of his life in California. His poetry has appeared in Anthology, Avocet, Blue Collar Review, The Broome Review, Byline Magazine, Chronogram Magazine, Fissure Magazine, Freefall, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Hawaii Review, Liquid Imagination, Nerve Cowboy, Mirror Dance, POEM, Poesia, Posey, Purpose, REAL, Tales from the Moonlit Path, and others.
October 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm
This is good.
October 19, 2009 at 10:35 am
Beautiful!
October 19, 2009 at 10:57 am
What db cox said.
I especially enjoyed the rolling joints out of Bible pages.
I remember doing that.
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Just me,
Father Luke