[poetry]: Shame
by Ninthesis on Jul.31, 2012, under Boxing Shadows Street, Poetry, Pointy Leaves Literary Salon
(c) Nin Harris 2012
Rapid words escape lips
and I both fume and exalt
at the fury and the cadence and the rhythm
of another’s innermost everything.
I have not had that freedom –
my words are etched in
the silent dark to sometimes
be spread out to others;
often ignored.
I imagine me at open mic;
shy, rotund, stammering,
the south east asian
accent interfering with diction
my double chins merging
into themselves and into
the apprehension of cruel wit.
I imagine the immediacy of
my words disappearing off
the parchment and ricocheting
against the cold malice
of a microphone;
the shame of my
Otherness amplified
for ridicule.
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Note: This poem is the ghost of a memory of attending my first open-mic event and does not represent me as I am now. It is left intentionally raw.
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July 31st, 2012 on 09:17
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