fuguepoems

Part 1: HOW DO WE ERR  IF BOYS FEAR? DEAR OVID:  MY DAY I  TEN-DOMERS FAT-LEARN LEAST EFFIGY ADS I GEL TASTE INGRATE CAR NOON  COLOR TEN SOAP  Part 2: HIDDEN GAEL OF EARLY SCOW BAYS EAT ARDOR I-FADER TOYOTA'S SINEWS VET TIN ONE FIN LEG GO SEED DEFER NO-RAM OAF LA CARRY  MR. IT-TOP Each poem has 100 letters, and interlocks within a 10x10 grid. Part 1 goes left to right from the top left corner, while Part 2 goes from top to bottom from the top left corner.

 "I'M EXHAUSTED." "ME TOO, BABY."  "I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN DRIVING ALL NIGHT TO GET TO THE MIAMI AIRPORT FOR A TAMPA FLIGHT." "WE SAID, 'IF YEAST IN THE BREAD-'" "IT'LL RISE. HOW DO I SUSTAIN ALL OF DADDY'S STRENGTH." "HE LEANED ON JESUS."  "HE REFUSED TO HEAL HIS CANCER!" "CHILD, WE BOTH HAVE TO PRAY TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY." "IT'S EVIL TO BEG. WE SHOULDN'T BOW WHEN...WHEN HE WON'T FREE US!"  "SO YOU WANT TO BE FREED FROM...?" "YES, MAMA. FROM VIOLENT, EVIL POLICE."  "I DO, TOO. BUT EVIL SNEAKS IN PAST PRIDE."  "ARE YOU SAYING THAT MY PRIDE'S THE-" "NO, NOT YOURS. THEIRS. YOU KNOW IF A WHITE FAMILY LOSES SOMEONE TO THE COPS, IT IS A PROBLEM."  "DON'T THEY NOTICE WE'RE DYING!?"  "NO. THEY'RE DYING, TOO. NUMB AND ALONE, NO GOD, NO PURPOSE, NO HOPE."  "SO THESE BECOME MY BURDEN?...