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Selected Poems from

Nia: Haiku, Sonnets, Sun Songs

By neo-griot Kalamu ya Salaam

 

 

 

Fireman's Ball

 

By Kalamu ya Salaam

 

glistening in the heated night glow

yr arced torso radiates

the sculpted bronze intensity

of an earth toned ewe passion mask

 

yr hypnotic breasts

are brown mesmerizing eyes, yr nipples

 

dilated pupils aroused into

elongated surprise

 

yr navel a heavy

nose

 

flaring

with every sharp breath

 

& listen

that dark forest, yr sideways mouth

 

silently chants the sacred syllables

of my secret name

 

as I plunge into the discovery

of its musky depths

 

unable to stand

I joyously recline

 

Jumping in the happy immolation

Of yr explosive flame

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