The scent of their pages just weren’t enough. Seeing the shinyness of a cover or rubbing the texture of beveled paper ads and truly appreciating the simplicity just didn’t cut it for me. Even following the tutorials of some and receiving praise and even making money from the product could not satisfy me.
For months I [...]
they came-
with whips & ships
leather grips & hollow tips
gripping gold-
we were bought & sold
lies told, rotting mold
mothers raped-
their children agape
flesh scraped & bones draped
a new culture shaped
-god forsaken apes
and in the midst-
we did resist
twists twisted chains from wrists
black bloody fists dismissed
from exist-
ance, dare we advance
into this expanse
forced to dance on deck
lance to neck
all to finance
pomp [...]