Trick of Rings and Things
“The Lord
is my Ringmaster, I’ll always want!”
Said Gollum
A fiend
For the ring
Crack ho’
Of his time
What is the meaning of the ring?
Love is
an overrated
misunderstood thing
Precious metal
surrounding the
space
waiting for
something to
occupy its place
it has value
only by choice
imaginary portal from
Reality to Fantasy
Trinket value matching w/ heart
matching w/ feeling matching w/
WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT?!
Chasers of
the dream
don’t control
the game
Cuz
white folks
know about
pimpin’
permutations of
a metamorphosis
stemming from
1 source
of trickology….long ago
Oh!
Is that why the ring is so precious?
Like a
Precious metal
Surrounding the
Space
Waiting for
Something to
Occupy its place?
Otherwise
There’s nothing but a hole
&
We the main ho’s they got
Items in a Neighborhood
Flag of America
Hanging behind a sign
That says, “Thank you Jesus.”
Holy patriotism
Support the overseer w/ a gun
DON’T RUN
In spite of not having 1
Blue cross/red blood/white face
Tired fabric
Rests on ancient representation
Loyalists singing hymns
Guarded by a pentagram w/ a gun
DON’T RUN
In spite of not having one
White flash/blue light/red eyes
The God
Embraces played ideology
Dat’ Ol’ Time Religion
You be the Legion surrounded by a wall w/ a gun
DON’T RUN
In spite of not having I.
Red Objectives/White Lies/Blue Reality
Elnathan Starnes is a Wolf Trap teaching artist and local children’s entertainer using the moniker, Groovy Nate (https://www.groovynate.com/). He was born in Wichita, Kansas, and attended High School in Denver, CO. After a 5 year enlistment in the Navy, he came to Washington, DC in 1989 and attended Howard University. From high school to present, he has been writing poetry that is now compiled in a collection of works entitled, Wichita Behavior in a DC Vibe-By Way of Denver (Oahu Visions).
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