National Poetry Month Day 25: Aerik Francis

By Aerik Francis

April 25th, 2023

 

 

 

Citizen

Body be longing be       longing

Body be oblong be        l o n g i n g

Body be wrong be         l  o  n  g  i  n  g

Body be pronged be     l   o   n   g   i   n   g

Body be throng be        l     o     n     g     i     n     g

Body bell gonging         l      o      n      g      i      n      g

Body be song be          l       o       n       g       i       n       g

Body be gone be          l        o        n        g        i        n        g

Body beyond be           l         o         n         g         i         n         g

Body be bell be                                 l         o         n         g         i         n         g

Body be belly be                               l          o          n          g          i          n          g

Body be bellow be                             l           o           n           g           i           n           g

Body bellow bellow                            l            o            n            g            i            n            g

Body be low below be                        l             o             n             g             i             n             g

Body be low below                            l              o              n              g              i              n              g

 
Body   b e          l o w                      o b o d y                                             o      b o   d   y

 

Body         b e         l o w         l o w         b e l o w         l o w

 

Body         b   e         l   o   w         l   o   w         l   o   w          b   e   l   o   w         l   o   w         l o   w

 
 
 

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Author photo by Sydónne Blake

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