Issue 1 – Dennis Allen

Staring at the time
I still don’t know what it means
to me
it’s late. or early.
how ever you put it.
It’s so dark you can’t even
see your feet that you
didn’t wash before you
went to sleep like your
mother always told you to.
Even now you think of
the mess you made of it
all… crumbs everywhere
Birthday cake, of course…
What do you think I meant
my life… don’t be ridiculous
my life is just fine Thank you.
It’s so quiet out there
that I feel to yodel at the top
of my voice. Then in a moment
of peaceful perfection,
I realise that there’s only one way
to yodel…
and that’s like

Yuh could smile,
yuh could cry –
When yuh talk,
yuh could lie.
But when de
DJ play meh song
in yuh heart
yuh go fly.
Straight to de speaker.
Make yuh knee weaker
Make yuh blow yuh
mind with de line
from de tweeter