This is an assignment I worked on that I ended up loving. It’s a remix of one of the great Langton Hughes poem ‘One Way Ticket’
I pick up my life,
And take it with me,
And put it in a jar of
Insecurities, Innocence
Hopeless romance,
Next to ingenuity
And no confidence
I pick up my life
And take it on a journey
To the corner of 39th and 9th
To the booth where your lips touched mine.
A place that distance is nothing
I am fed up with the laws of logic
People who think
Yet do not ponder
Who are scared of walking backwards
And leave the romantics out to dry
I pick up my dignity
And take it away
On a one-way-ticket
Gone up into the stars
Gone out into nothingness
Gone, just gone
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