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26 | he/they | Latinx spoken word poet from St. Louis, MO! I have been writing consistently since 2019, taking up poetry and committing myself to my art form. I perform at open mics now and I live for the thrill of sharing my art with the world.

  May 2023     16 days ago

Submitted Poems 18 total

WHY NOT

not cry / why not scream / why never speak his name aloud again / the curse of a man / born into existence / I could have stayed away / I didn't / by the time I'd figured it out he was already gone / and so was I / by the time anyone realizes...

by Nicodemus

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UNTITLED (DEC '23)

Snippets of memories

Both painful & delightful

Flash before my eyes

I feel both protected & ridiculed

Like the world knows something I don't

And there's a lot that I know

Like that I was supposed to be born a boy

Perhaps a...

by Nicodemus

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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

I wonder why
Every summer now, we go through this
I think back to the picture we took together
Which I had captioned:

"Summer love... Haha jk... Unless?"

And I think that must be what's done it
I think I made you love me too much
I think...

by Nicodemus

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Morning Alchemy

I rise, just after the sun has. Watch the birds sing and play tag on the steps. Listen to them as I puff on my menthol cigarette, this kind of breathing more habit than instinct. More addiction than hobby. As I smoke, my brain just as empty first...

by Nicodemus

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added 4 months ago
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UNTITLED (December '23)

Snippets of memories

Both painful & delightful

Flash before my eyes

I feel both protected & ridiculed

Like the world knows something I don't

And there's a lot that I know

Like that I was supposed to be born a boy

Perhaps a...

by Nicodemus

 1 View
added 4 months ago
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