A: you let a man see god once and he’ll learn to make a country out of anything.
A: I think what I’m saying is that I prayed to any sound I could tempt out of a body.
A: the bullet is like any other thing born an orphan.
A: I mean it’s just looking for another new place to call home.
Hanif Abdurraqib, “One Side of an Interview with the Ghost Of Marvin Gaye,” published in Tongue (via bostonpoetryslam)






























