Short Excepts from Poems

 

From I Survived: I’m Still Alive, page 84

“I tried to shake the habit
     on my own
By the time I made it, everything was gone
I was in and out of rehab
Not strong enough to stop the re-grab
I borrowed, stole and lied
And several times I almost died”

From Listen Up, Ladies!,
page 38

“HIV is walking in the door
With some of our men on the down low
Creeping and crawling with men
Time and time again
As their wives
We trust them with our lives
Yet on any given day”

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