Poem of the Day
1981
By Asiya Wadud
in a world the orange sun resets
in a world the orange sun resets
At this moment I am wearing what you bought me:
bikini underpants with that striped beast
sewn onto the front, whereof the quilted silk
Far out! You are really not a bad poet!
sadness passes
and madness passes
Oh! plant that needs water, I bring it to you.
So tired. Go Away Go Inside Forget time.
It is a world / rich with possibilities, but slim in actualization.
How about a quick massage now, he said to me.
I don’t think it’s cool, I replied.
I often tell women’s secrets to men
lines which are the imitation of imagined veins
passing thru my quivering city
“your city?”
The havoc-caused
soul occurs not
recovers yet the