THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!

*this is a dedication to all the slam and spoken word poets out there; weather you write for yourself or others you're gifted and take advantage of the power your words have

I HEAR THEM SAY CONTINUOUSLY SAY THAT SPOKEN WORD ISN'T REAL
THAT US DEF POETS NEED TO STOP HIDING BEHIND METAPHORS AND SIMILES
SO TO ALL THOSE WHO CANT PLUG IN THE AMP TO BRING VOLUME TO YOUR TONGUE

TELL ME

DOESN'T SHE WHO SPEAK OF PENETRATIONAL VIBRATIONS
NOT SEXUAL SENSATION
NOT SPEAK "OF THE TRUTH"
MATTER A FACT "THE TRUTH"

MAYBE SHE USES METAPHORS AND SIMILES SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU CAN LISTEN TO HER SPEAK
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH LOUD SCREAMS CANT EVEN FALL OFF DEAF EAR
BUT INSTEAD GLASS SIDEWALKS
SO THAT SHE MAY SEE THE REFLECTION OF A LOST CHILD
BUT ON THIS STAGE SHE SPEAKS THE LAST POET
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WALKIE TALKIES CAN ERASE STATIC OFF YOUR EARS

BLACK INK DESTROYS WHITE PAGES
RED MARGINS RUN SO THE REVOLUTION STOPS
BUT WE CARRY IT ON

RED BUDS CANT RESIST MY APPETITE
SO THEY STAY IN LINED WITH THE MARGINS OF MY JAW LINE

WHEN SLAVES SANG SONGS
TO BE FREE
TELL THEM
WAS IT REAL

LAST TIME I CHECKED
COTTON PICKING HUMBS WAS A FORM OF BEAT BOXING
AND GOSPEL SINGING CODES WERE LIKE METAPHORICAL SCRIPTURES

I GUESS THE SHACKLES ARE WHIPPED EMBEDDED IN YOUR EARS
BUT I HOLD MY TONGUE FOR NO ONE
THEREFORE THE MASTER WILL NOT LEAVE FOOTPRINTS IMPRINTED ON MY TONGUE