My Favorite Pen Pal of the Deepest Strokes
by
Distinctly Unique
He stuck his pen in
me
deep
I bout fell over on his hard
ceramic floor He left his impressionable mark y'all I
never felt anything like that before
Now mama told me this would happen one day Mama told me no matter what
Now mama told me this would happen one day Mama told me no matter what
he say
don't get entranced cuz he from a school you
could
only imagine exists
And even with Mama's words
swirling through my head I couldn't help but
clench my fists
hold mybreath& enjoy his ride of bubble
lettered X's and O's
We
wrote all night long
I'm surprised his bed still has
springs in it the way we bounced off each other radiating heatsweatdrippingeverywhere his
pen still deep
inside me myfists barely holding on tothesheets that no longer
fit Mymind so
relaxed and gone into his
train of thoughts I could tell I was
losing myself to
him the doctor whose medicine I
didn't mindbeing injected intomysoul
We
wrote over and over changing positions On
top bottom backandforth curiosity taking us on journeys we never thought we'd have a chance to travel to
His voice barely in a whisper
Makes
my body quiver more than it has all night
He
leans even closer to my highlighted golden face and says we should do this more
often
I hear Mama's words in the background
I see her sitting across this
dark room of scents she once participated in when she
first met my daddy when
they first fell in love I see her sitting in that red
and
black chair shaking her head saying
I told you so I tried
And
with one last look at his dark
brown crystal
eyes I say
it's time and hop on for one
last write
Distinctly
Unique is a choreo-poet,
ghost writer, voice actor, performing artist, spoken word artist, private ESL
instructor, online 6th-8th grade math instructor, and founder/owner of Dunique
LLC. from East Chicago and Gary Indiana. She is a Creative Writing graduate
from Purdue University, with minors in African-American Studies, Communication,
Dance, Spanish, & Theater. Distinctly Unique is working on,
producing/acting in her first choreopoem, "Fly Blackbird Fly/ Voices we
can't unhear." In her free time, Distinctly Unique travels the world,
attends local arts events and produces content for the DL Power Couple Podcast
with her partner, Mr. Dominique Shelby. Distinctly Unique is dedicated to
connecting the world and celebrating our differences. Check out www.duniqueconnects.com to keep up with her services, future works, and
performances. You can also find her on Instagram @duniqueconnects ; snapchat
@duniquellc ; Facebook @ Distinctly Unique ; Twitter @duniquellc