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Names on the Board MAG

April 18, 2013
By Mad_Is_On GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
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John “The Dog” '87.
Sonya.
Sonya.
Sonya.
All in script.
E&B '94,
sweethearts,
encased in a heart,
like the love of '94,
smoothed and pointed.
Pointed like the key
that etched it
on the board.
Or the nail.
(Here I sit
shivering at the thought
of Sonya's
long
breaking
nails.)
But no worth,
no thought,
just names on the board.
But do names on the board
have a story
too?
Soon,
I'm just a
name
on
the
board.

© Demetrius A., Ft. Meade, MD

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