Philosophically Derell
by Rodney Terich Leonard


arrival
at twenty-one
cocks his hat
sideways.

deep freeze nod
to alley deacons
and white folks;
lack daddy
strums corduroy-
gray acoustics.

Chlora is his tiramisu.
indiscriminate, pot and
vodka cranberry wise.






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