now is: axis, pivot, flection, cusp...

okay.

dr. king's predecessor abducted on premises of higher learning
confront s.u.v.
loss of wisdom times three
valium intravenously
oil change
valium intravenously
all along i suppose
there was something
reciprocating all the f.e.a.r.-
and then some.
fucking ego - always ready.

i understood we lost a fantastic student
where were you in ninety-two?
i remember attending community college
feeling her help me
because i'm not a fantastic student

now is the voice that i was always trying to listen to
now i'm trying to listen to someone
returned from new orleans,
returned from africa
still incomprehensibly privileged and grateful
trying to prove it