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Awkwardly I am
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Andre Martin
Martin Lochner comes from Cape Town,South Africa. He spend most of his leisure days in town observing the city life and goes home to compose his work.  
By Andre Martin
Published on 09/11/2011
 
POEM

Awkwardly I am

awkwardly I am

living in my flesh

being very clever

between blunt stones and the glaring sun

I affirm something that already exists.

 

absurdity, self realization?

projecting that reality away from its source: ME

 

gaping vagina birth and the two smudges

heaven and earth

exhaling and dripping

 

don’t get clever with me

it’s the wind rattling the roof

rain coming from a hole through the gutter

 

thinking the Avatar came

hoping  that your porcelain god

Would breathe more life into your LIFE

 

awkwardly i am

living cured and matured

sepia sagging flesh

sitting on blunt stones

i take in the heat and the sun

 

Knowing i am alive

Knowing others died

 

i smile

 

It’s ok