Ate Down | 2024

I rap about my brother

and Abbey say “I ate that”

I swallowed my grief

whole. I ain’t leave no crumbs.

I ate the testimony. My grief

don’t exist no more. It precedes

me. I got grief stuck in between

my teeth. I lick my teeth and

suck the grief away. I lick my lips

and leave no reminder. I’m full.

I’m full of grief.  My plate is empty

like before all that grief. I ‘m all

“BOW”. I’m all ricochet, I’m all

shell. I’m blood. I’m howl. I’m all urn.