A year ago
my tongue got arrested
roaming the streets at night on Silent Avenue
her charge,
possession with intent to distribute
on her
was an ounce of words
which when inhaled
causes loss of all inhibitions
hallucinations of half-naked rhymes
and delusions of potent imagination
spoken into being
my tongue
pled guilty
She is still sitting
languishing behind bars
doing her time
initiating rhyme poets
into lines with no rhythm
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15th November 2020