They ask me what I’m to do now As I look back upon my catastrophe The decades of debacles finally completed With one, final, fatal kiss of death Upon the cheeks of virgin earth All these years I have buried the beast Underneath the guise of compassion And contradiction to the establishment Uprooting the fabric … Continue reading What Now-Devereaux Frazier
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They Don’t Understand-Devereaux Frazier
Clean out my lungs And search my heart There’s nothing and everything t To confirm your suspicions I’m an ally to the wrong side But even my friends don’t understand I can be seen and not heard Heard and not easily seen Switching between identities Is a basic part of being me Black autistic writer … Continue reading They Don’t Understand-Devereaux Frazier
Unconscious Vessels-Devereaux Frazier
One wrong turn And you’ll pay to breathe Light is the new darkness In the wake of the machine Sirens and hustlers Dance your lungs away Left with tubes running amuck For that you must also pay There is no justice in a prison sentence For we all pay to house them There is no … Continue reading Unconscious Vessels-Devereaux Frazier