Too, too.
I love this man too wildly—
Too monkey, too gorilla, too lion
Too thunder blasting and
Waves whacking water wondrously
Against smoothed rocks.
To be silenced.
I love this man too naturally—
Too yellow and sun dripped and green and leafed up.
Too white moonrise and purple orange autumn
Too fertile and soft soiled and eager budded.
To retreat from him.
I love this man too raw—
Too hip-hop and Cube and Pac and Biggie
Too 808s and beats against my backside
Too head nodding and back bending
And break dancing
To turn it down.
I love this man too black—
Too Coretta, too Angela and Giovanni.
Too sweet honey dipped cornbread
And plaintains and dutty rice
Tooussaint L’Ouverture and too Booker T.
To not fight for him.
I love this man too west side, left side.
Too LA and hazy and sun shiney
Too New York and bright lighted.
Too Cape Town’d and clouds blanketing mountains
Too Jamaica and crystal water and thought clouds
Too universe and super novas and fireflies
To be contained.
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