for Esperanza
If I get up out of this chair and go
I won’t be coming back,
I’ll learn to be with no chair
but not these hands, this body, your lips,
your warmth, your birth
in the middle of his I have a dream
. . . his whole speech complete
with news nothing has changed
45 yrs since King, 50 after JFK
(22 October 2013: II)
copyright 2013 by Floyce Alexander
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