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Absence
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What does neglect bear? In free verse, J. Mbonisi describes a childhood of neglect and its far-reaching tentacles into adulthood. Absence is a thought-provoking memoir about coping and functioning in neglect's aftermath uniquely relayed through verse.
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J. Mbonisi currently lives and writes in Baton Rogue, LA.
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Absence - J. Mbonisi
silent baby
hugs
wrapped
floodgates
fundamentalism
reeling
carriage
mercurialism
erupt
f-bombing the d-word
throwaway
how to break a human
not love
the art of invisibility
coward
social networks
mothers' hours
no place for artists
how to make a human
the quiet
best-dressed
epilogue
prologue
in my 20s i called my childhood perfect
those who knew abuse laughed
denial they chorused
fugue
later i understood
mine had not been physical abuse
nor verbal nor crazed
but something more subtle
found in the absence of things
what?
again
at impasse
my marriage
a sigh of disappointment
talk i cannot grasp
incredulity
you’re missing something
what?
shaking head
as though unspeakable
incorrigible
irreparable
scares me
"what?!
the watcher
1
creamy tomato soup at the farmers’
market café
later she writhes in pain
curled about herself
what can i do but watch
once you throw up, you’ll feel better
what can i do but wait out the tide
she arises
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