2 Versions of Hmm by Gonsalves Mpili and Jenny Kim
A circumcised sigh,
Came out and blew up my face,
I looked dehydrated.
It wasn’t stress,
The sun was sympathetic to me,
The option it gave me,
Was to burn my skin,
As if i was an iceberg,
In an ocean melting down into pieces,
I am poor
Yet the sun promotes it’s product,
Even if I had money to buy the product,
I wouldn’t bother,
The sun’s heat is free like air,
Such a product should be condemned to a cooking school,
Hmm.
Hmm is the sound I make when in doubt,
Doubt that turns into anxiety,
In a moment that I realize,
The only option is to put aside the doubt,
And let whatever is to happen, happen.
A thought deep in my subconscious,
A thought of satisfaction,
A revelation of beauty,
It could be anything,
Good or bad,
Sweet or sour,
Pain or desire,
And at that moment no words can explain,
But hmm makes the perfect fitting.