Another Nina Simone Day

NINA SIMONE DAYS

these are nina simone days

and chainsmoke of thinking freely daze

this is where the pleasure is always mine

yet you insist my silence is unbecoming

along with my petulant hair and lowercase stare

daintily climbing above your vulgar table

all barefeet and tiptoes in shades of indigo

i could care less

(pause)

then speaking ever so clearly

in my outrage only will the truth be told

obvious to any that it was not enough

to degrade me senseless

now, here, then, forever and ever and over again…

scrape the innocence off your boots

savor the moment and relish the taste

fine.

but now you want my luscious voice

dripping with cottoncandy adoration

flee now.

regardless of futility

as i am ready to turn the spin-table

attack with my serpent’s tongue

what will you do now that i have become

stronger than sinew and blood

flesh and wrath as one

by Natalie Boyle