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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
— Homer
MY OWN SYNTAX
Anything black, queer, funk, foul, bright, woman, not-woman, not-not brown, yellow, white, fake, false, cruel, straight, permed, natural, skinny, sexy, sleazy, dead. Any body without invasion. Any voice without erasure.
About
Born and raised in New Orleans, Rickey Laurentiis is a poet and studies in New York. MY OWN SYNTAX is his blog of poetics and politics, and is dedicated to James Baldwin and Alvin Ailey. Ask him your question here or visit his literary project, CAYENNE, here.
