crazy by ayodele nzinga

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Rocks in Your Head Records & ayodele nzinga, Oakland's inaugural Poet Laureate and founder of the city's oldest African Theater Company, present 'ghetto grimoire.'

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sitting cross the
room grinning
legs crossed
nails polished
bare assed naked
crazy light shining
from his good eye
yeah you can smell
the metallic burn
copper smell of it
running in blood
dancing naked on the road lurking in the corner of your mind waiting
still naked
still naked
as it runs through
your family
it knows your name
might come for you
you can see it some days
when it's not wrapped around you so tight
it pulls you under the
line to watch it make
piles of things
that you can't see
most of the time
things in the
middle of the room
piled up
covering windows
sometimes you inhale
deeply
shaking it off momentarily
you can see it
clearly
in those moments
you stretch
you take up all the room
realizing you have been crouching in a corner
you stand
stretching out your arms
extending your fingers
you pluck
at its web
pull it down and and trample it
if you are quick enough
you may open a space for sanity to awaken
to save you
from the blue tide
the red funk
the bright orange reality
the white bright abyss
the need for midnight blue velvet to pull around you like a curtain
hiding crazy
piling things in the corner
invisible and everywhere
running through
your family
snickering at you
from a distance
skipping around
naked
by ayodele nzinga
crazy

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