The voice of criticism had long ago entered my own...
the denunciations were nothing but a continuation...

"From your attitude I would have thought...
I disagreed. Buddha's pessimism and optimism were...

I held you more tightly, wanting to hug the past...
Submission date: 9-2-10...

It is raining in Springfield today
warm rain drops cover the side walks like leopard...

When love making, she used every nerve in her body...
submission date 10-28-2010...

Although tonight, at the base of the Library...
submission date 10-28-10...

To die... It is no longer clear to me when I begin...
Submission Date 1.30.11...

The noise outside hasn't stopped, here i thought...
Collaborative poem by Marcus Blake, Derrick Merdy...

Nobody teaches you how to kill yourself, and yet...
Submission date March 12, 2011...

Death after all has its obligatory procedures...

Everything had been thought out, thought through...

When that shot rang out
We both achieved what we wanted...