Danez Smith
solitude
learn to love the music of your home:
florescent song broken sink percussion
heater hum a choir of dust tumbling across the floor
flies outside the kitchen window
your upstairs neighbor’s toilet
the bus at the corner
the rooster two houses down
construction at sunrise
rush hour
footsteps of the ghost you know must be here
her laugh her nails on the door her eyes blinking
your breath
Danez Smith is a poet, performer, and playwright from St. Paul, MN who is still slightly afraid of his mama’s belt. He is a Cave Canem fellow and has work published or forthcoming in PANK, Vinyl, Phantom Limb, Muzzle and elsewhere. He recently earned his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a founding member of the First Wave Hip-Hop Theatre Ensemble. He enjoys the occasional dance battle with his roommate and Capri Suns on hot summer days.
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learn to love the music of your home:
florescent song broken sink percussion
heater hum a choir of dust tumbling across the floor
flies outside the kitchen window
your upstairs neighbor’s toilet
the bus at the corner
the rooster two houses down
construction at sunrise
rush hour
footsteps of the ghost you know must be here
her laugh her nails on the door her eyes blinking
your breath
Danez Smith is a poet, performer, and playwright from St. Paul, MN who is still slightly afraid of his mama’s belt. He is a Cave Canem fellow and has work published or forthcoming in PANK, Vinyl, Phantom Limb, Muzzle and elsewhere. He recently earned his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a founding member of the First Wave Hip-Hop Theatre Ensemble. He enjoys the occasional dance battle with his roommate and Capri Suns on hot summer days.
Return to January 2013 Edition