Exclusive Ink

Author: lwortley

  • I SEE

    by QUANZELL

    I see a half-done hairline
    I see a jar full of wine
    I see what I want to be
    I see a weird disease
    I see Young Jeezy
    I see Jay-Z

  • CONCERTO

    by PAULA

    You don’t get to trample
    over me
    like some bodacious water buffalo
    in heat.
    It’s never that deep
    try to keep up, sweetheart
    lingering around like secondhand
    smoke
    now you’re behind my second-to-last
    option
    given the choice
    you don’t get to come around like
    everything’s fine
    finally moving on for myself. No
    static in my room anymore
    But you walked back in like
    you were on Dancing with the Stars
    you fell from my heavens a
    while ago, burned
    in the atmosphere
    But it was I who
    couldn’t handle the pressure
    still can’t. All
    caught up in my concerto
    sweltering beneath stage lights
    you don’t get to cheer at the end
    It’s not your show anymore.

  • I AM BEAUTIFUL

    by RICKI

    I am beautiful because I watch you dress up for an hour. I am beautiful because you made me like this for now. I am beautiful because you love me like this. I am beautiful because I think I am on the inside.

  • A NEW WORD

    by ZURI and PORCHE

    Enlightened, yet still dumb
    to the surroundings. The
    ballistic words sang in
    a monotone voice, Neologism
    comes into play as we
    find a new word for
    love. Ratchet opportunist
    seeking to seize your attention.
    Laugh off zealous attempts.
    Lies are a gallant
    juxtaposition in mind. Give
    me an optimistic dance.
    Drop your petty xenophobic
    thoughts and be free.

  • AFTER ‘TRAIN IN THE SNOW’ BY CLAUDE MONET – 1875, OIL ON CANVAS

    by MIKCAEL

    The train looked like it was
    going to run somebody over and
    people were trying to get on it before
    it leaves.