*Yellow-Yellow Kiss Duh Fellow
You was young and wanted to tell
hell, you wanted to spill
night secrets in dreams
all over your bodies.
yellow-yellow…
You know this is what you wanted
a kissin on dat supple skin
brown & mago make black
turn reddy
yellow-yellow…
You still remember
those childhood rhymes
that timed the times
you played with boys
yellow-yellow…
Love the boy
that spins in light
round the ball
yellow-yellow…
court him secretly,
smile when you see him
yellow-yellow…
let your heart sink
open quiet
yellow-yellow…
is the first light
of your love.
*The University of the Bahamas’s 2021 Blue Flamingo Literary Prize winner
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This is a beautiful poem.