Poetry by Matthew Nolan
On The Outside
Poet to Poet,
pen in hand,
we scribble against the common man
at coffee shop one night stands
reading our words few understand
except for little black girls with plastic hair braids
peddling their bikes up Magazine Street
trying at the same time to steer and wave “Hi”
–they do their best
Trying to get through our day against the common man:
Little Black Girls and Poets
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