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NicktoLee/Banksy

NicktoLee/Banksy

8/29/10

Strawberry Love


love of strawberries started at first as simple
infatuation.
               This heart-shaped shape
emerging from dark and shapeless earth.
How could a curve so soft
carve its way out
from the heavy weight of a rock torn world
so deliciously?
Or unravel next to this spear of velvet green?
How could god's liquid dream
even imagine
to survive or exist
on a planet made so filthy
with
excuses?

What rain did feed it
and more
importantly
how
did it
manage the thirst?
What were the endless days
made of sun parched and alone
halfway between living and dying?

  Why wasn't anyone watching?

Who carried you
ungently from that field?
Which hands did shake you
from the earth, which
carts barrels bodies
did take form
to parcel out your space?

Who sold you to the masses?
What was the price that You paid?
How could these alphabet letters
or those dollar sign numbers
signify answers to any of these things?

No
wonder
why
you
are
so
quiet.

I took a knife in my left hand
and sliced you whole in my rite
palm.
piece by piece
the heart shape
repeated itself
over and over
again and again
until there
was nothing
left
but your red
ink
dripping
from my
fist.

i devoured you whole
and tasted
the
pain
of your death.

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