after Audre Lorde
The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is whose chains
you
are trying to break.
If the chains of the world—poetry.
If the chains of the masters—rhetoric.
The master's chains are a mirage.
The real chains are the ones we are taught to crave.
I want to break the chains of the self.
Question: How do I break the chains of the self?
Answer:
YOU ARE READING
THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR
PoetryAt birth, we are all sentenced to life- to live. highest ranking: #4 in poembook #4 in poemcollection © z. t. corley, 2024
