1. Theory of parallel universes.

 

Dear gods [substitutes for  brain],

You gave us a thought where

We’re both here and there in

The same instances. Existence.

A theory found with the entire

Science. Milky Way to infinity.

I’m black means there’s as much

Possibilities of my existence as

A white lily as there are thorn

On the face of the earth—mother.

My father is dead means

The dead are a planted war song;

Hovering the night sky for the perfect

Pitch to fall unto. The universe

Says they’re all the same. My father

And I . coral hit on the surface of

the  mediterranean.

I believe in the existence of time

Traveling, I’m merely seeking a

Sign to call another existence

my own.

Give my father life for no other

Reason that he still breathes in

My bones.

That death is an exit wound into

A parallel universe where all my

People are my own, all their

Thick skin with smoke—stardust—

All the stones on a tomb reverse back

Into ashes.  If my world and the parallel

Are same, eject my existence from

The branch of wormholes that

Holds unto memory—give me a new

Name, give me somewhere else to call

Home. The parallel means I’m in a

Linear state to hold breath,

Body of languages and none to

Call my own .  The parallel means

I’m shot by a police for not being in

The right universe. The parallel

Means there’s a gathering of people

In a wedding that is yet to be my own.

The parallel means a woman is nursing me

In the belly of a woman that just conceived me.

The parallel means my father is not yet in front

Of the bullet that would wipe him clean.

The parallel means I’m waking in all the

Places I cannot yet call home .

The parallel means there’s a place

My father would be late to attend his death

And is still nursing his bullet wound,

The parallel means that is where I strike first.