This is the original poem, inspired by a moment in my life on April 20, 2010. Peep the retold version, and its comments, for details of what happened.


Photo from UNDERCOVER’s Avakareta Life lookbook


Things Are Not Always As The Seam
by Jemar Souza

I might be in
The flyest clothes.

But boy, oh boy,
I still be broke.

The nicest sneakers
On my feet.

But trust,
I’m starving…

No food to eat.

I do spend money;
And spend it well.

Well,
Spend it right.

But there are times
When things
Get far from bright -

Shit gets
Dark;

And I’m just…
Fucked.

So my brother,
My sister,

Can you spare a buck?

Sometimes things
Are not as they seem.

Not as the
Seam.

I still need that dollar…
To chase my dream.

—–
 
Previously: Don’t Ask Me For What (Retold)
 

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