30 Days Hath September 2016 | Day 8 | TM by Nikia Chaney
September 8, 2016
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As by other. These
people we call
peer. Your new.
Ideas of y’all. Flat
face. Caricature.
Fair use. Found
imagery. As be
experience. Research
the click
of tongue. Make
pring the holla. As
seem. As tend. Beat
down dance in
layer of line. Less
man than neck. Less arm
than ass. Fetch. Strike
dumb cuff
inhibition. Give
of your organ. Give up
flesh. Flail here
on shelf. Interact. Un
fold. Trust
us. Let us. Now
do it again. You
think we take
too much? Look. Look.
This brand new
thang. As
we paint. As you
step. Strum. As
we sell no
explore. As by
us. As is
ours. As if
still your. As if
still of.
Nikia Chaney is a poet from the Inland Empire of California. She is author of Sis Fuss (2012, Orange Monkey Publishing) and ladies, please (2012, Dancing Girl Press). She is founding editor of shufpoetry, an online journal for experimental poetry, and founding editor of Jamii Publishing, a publishing imprint dedicated to fostering community among poets and writers. She has won grants and fellowships from the Barbara Demings Fund for Women, Poets & Writers, Squaw Valley and Cave Canem. She teaches at San Bernardino Valley College and Chaffey College.
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