“What does it mean when the one who had the fullest whiff of your soul / Declares that they’re all sniffed out and desire rehab from your hold? . . “

Even heartache is easier to navigate with a friend. Here, myself and dear friend and talented Tamil poet Gowri K traded part questioning, part consolatory text messages which, because we’re both poets, became (guess what?) a poem.

“For indeed /

If we fall in /

Then fall in the end /

Then we end even lower than we begin /

Ergo /

Where goes /

The growth /

In the notes /

Of this concerto?? . . “

#ThisIsTheTrivia: If you like this piece, you’ll probably love my other collaboration with Gowri (along with Amin Drew Law). It’s an original song called “Forget You”, and the Eve Smith-directed video may be ready at my brokeballer YouTube channel by the time you read this!

Painting courtesy of www.reshadapullenjireh.com. Photography courtesy of www.rdionefoto.com. Hear the full #ThisIsThePart saga at www.soundcloud.com/brokeballer!