Always This Same - Jelal Huyler

Written By Timothy Arliss OBrien

poem read by Timothy Arliss OBrien

Always      This Same
Jelal Huyler


what amulet does any of this make ?

winged insect     trapped      between window pane

and      meshwire screen      losing seconds     all    day

i have become      more a leaving boat      which certain loved ones

swear they saw      drifting      that long away

when this door opens      with my stranger’s hand
on it ’s knob      who      steps

out      fromthrough it      ?

when i finally do      answer    the    call

whose voice is it      on this other side

surprised           that i am      here

jelal huyler is some biracial-Black poet who does not condone linear time .

his book of poems :

( https://www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/a-man-was-lynched-today )

Timothy Arliss OBrien
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