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THE ROAD FROM MILLBROOK
was
many miles long
sista-like curves
mysteriously dark and damp with nature's perspiration
and still
u proceeded 2 manipulate that automobile in an
excessively dangerous manner
b/cuz U 4 one dangerous minute
were caught up in the
whirlwind of your own fierce tornado,
one created by you
yet we couldn't protect ourselves by
running into the dank basements
shielding ourselves from your harshness
captured
U had no choice but to quickly
immerse yourself
in the flood of words and
release yourself
returning 2 your spiritual ocean's surface
years of submersion
and decades of submission
the quickest tongue moved
the slowness of what was meant
sunk in deep
like an unexpected body into quicksand
Baby Daughter kept professing wisdom
She the TEACHER
U gettin' SCHOOLED
Eyes filled and then released
BLACK RAIN
And many miles were shortened
Winding roads straightened
The darkness lifted
And
The dampness
All internal and external
Vanished
On the Road from Millbrook
