Tingum in da bush

They found us

Heated, half-dressed

Haloed under the promise of a God

Who formed no judgement

Our desire for each other

Frantic, feisty, fiery Fuck.

Anything but flaccid

We were in an Eden of our own taking

My forbidden fruit was history for your making

But before we got to rake ‘n’ scraping

They cried blasphemous shame at these

Two brown frames

Trying to blend as one

Of all the criminals gallivanting the city

They sought after us?

Why must we be made a spectacle for doing

That which was always natural.

Before the men in blue came

I wish we both did

Before they recorded us

Before they harmed us

Before they made us cry

Terran Brice

Terran Everette Brice (He/They) is an Award-Winning, Gen-Z, Queeribbean poet, indie-author, and spoken word artist born and currently based in Nassau, The Bahamas. Their poetic works usually explore themes of existentialism, identity, spirituality, romance, connection, healing, gender expression, and mental health. Terran often describes his poems as “cleverly disguised Pop songs”. His published works include three #1 New Releases in Caribbean & Latin American Poetry on Amazon. Poetic works aside, he prides himself on being a style icon, music nerd, foodie, meme memory bank, and Pop-Culture enthusiast.

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