SHE
She used to like to do it in the morning
When sunlight knifed through curtains
Highlighting her movements
Cat like
Like cool easy jazz
Then one day something left her
Died
A single tear tarnishing cheek
It rolled down
Moving her into the dark
Where she continues to do it
In silhouette
In emptiness
Alone
DEAR FUTURE
I am Juan
I am barrio
I am Washington
I am ghetto
I don’t ball
I don’t bang
I am the neighborhood freak
And I have the beatdowns to prove it
I see a future
In my mind
In my heart
In my spirit
My heroes are Zapata
Malcolm X
And Che
I read
I write
About the things that may not matter
But just might
I am legal
I am off into the world
Where I will be free
To be
Marc Shapiro is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Canada bestselling author of approximately 90 unauthorized celebrity biographies. He is also a published short story writer, poet and comic book writer. He actually makes a living doing this. Don’t tell the authorities.