Spilled Mattering | Ernest Williamson III

there are woven gray tapestries
aligned with malt and insecurity;
amongst the collective banter
breathing upon me.
I’ve survived the shackles
the inveterate
blood
posing
on the ground
before and after the election
of Obama.
poetry
left in a ruddy cup of purity
is a lie;
a festering boil
posing
as a balm,
blanched
like a confused
Afro
or like a budding beard
reaching for sunlight.
a warmth
a cover
to mast the trading
sins
lingering
in the bow of a careless
ship;
be it Amistad
or in the ignored
souls
swimming above
and beneath
fettered
ground.

 


Author : Ernest Williamson III 

Dr. Ernest Williamson III has published creative work in over 600 journals. Professor Williamson has published poetry in over 200 journals, including The Oklahoma Review, Contemporary American Voices, Pamplemousse, formerly known as The Gihon River Review, and The Copperfield Review. He is an Assistant Professor of English at Allen University.

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