savannah

savannah

murder

provoked

by your hips

dear

it's so hot down here

blue swamps

tempers

taunts thick and damp

with each lick

of your eyes

shotguns wrinkle

sunsets

folks around here

trap devils

under black porches

hang insults

with white lace and fear

women like you?

mercy already gone

it's just sweat

whiskey

and the solemn sound

of shovels

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Derek Richards:

After performing for years, as both a musician and poet, in and around the Boston area,

Derek Richards has recently decided to begin submitting his work for publication. So

far he has been accepted for publication in Ghoti Magazine, Lung, MediaVirus, Word Riot, Right Hand Pointing, Tinfoildresses, The Legendary, Breadcrumb Scabs, Shoots

and Vines, Cantaraville, Soundzine, The Centrifugal Eye, Strong Verse, Underground Voices, River Poets Journal and Halfway Down the Stairs. His poetry aims to be direct and honest, brilliant and lucrative. He is currently residing in Gloucester, Mass., happily engaged and cleaning windows for a living.