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The nod,
the knowing smile
of an
old man
in a stoop;
it is
the leaden
weight of
piebald years,
the leaden
weight of
memories
rooted in
stygian depths
of time…
between
the crooked
crotch of
East and
West
Harlem,
a briar patch
where life
in the Big Apple
began…
a poodle’s
poop
dropped
carelessly
in walkways
of those
eternally
condemned
to stand,
tip-toe,
and stare
at owners
of crystal
balls…
a gray patch
between
dreams
and a
forbidding
trance,
the knowing
smile
of those
who must
give and
give until
there remains
naught else
to give…
7/23/09
Credit: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr.
[Email: Okoampaahoofe@aol.com
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