Words with Friends
A collection of collaborative poems
West Harlem, NYC 2023
Andie
July 2023
How fully finished growth spurts appear effortless yet enormous somehow accelerated
Propel belongings, drip attachments, leave metallic initials etched
Reverse punctuality beyond green perceptibility
Follow, don't hinge, MOVE!
Hushed youthful misremembered membranes latch encompassing trades
Space time rusted
Entangled sweeteners trusted with overwhelming importance
Messages floating even through filtered entrances
Coco
July 2023
Tinkering toying lighting fingering
Loosely connected fluidly surveyed
Blue cinder blocks
Candy choker
Slender dim ashes surprise highways that charge forward slightly gasping
Moments flitting behind streetlamps
Still remembering
Infectious giggling permeates hallowed necklines
Abby
February 2024
Grapefruit tangerine association
Dread the beginning when dreams flew upwards yet towards light
Sound appeared drenched sweatily in my ears
Beyond the flip and constant grime, rind, and rot
She opened subtly my luggage, appearing uncomfortably startled at molded citrus remains
I drew breath and declined.
Jimmy
February 2024
Boy swelled with the fuzzy image of heartfelt joy
Reminiscent of nostalgic memories,
he thought profusely about how his dreams and expectations have miraculously come to a brief pause
The reality settled in beyond his current grasp of his paralleling ideals
Even though the weight compounded on top of fragile feelings,
hints toward freedom and release flowed and without remorse and solitude