All Boys Are Broken and Some Are Wingless
All Boys Are Broken and Some Are Wingless
by Ayobami Adesina
boys, in love, are thrown
into a country of
crossfire. it is to
say a bullet crawls into
your body & you[ stay ][ run ]
a soul forces her breath
into you, yet leaves. /say
a gxrl opens you to love
yet leaves you in.
i poured love into
a gxrl that starked
my innocence open
& tears me between a country
& love /say i poured water
into
water & called it love
/say i gathered love into
a room filled of thorns,
& entered…