Poetry in Motion - Kevin Young - Ragtime

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Ragtime Kevin Young

Like hot food
I love you

like warm
bread & cold

cuts, butter
sammiches

or, days later, after
Thanksgiving

when I want
whatever’s left

from Jelly Roll { A Blues } by Kevin Young
Alfred A. Knopf, 2003

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