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These words shoot like guns

Dope Boy Metaphors is part one in a trilogy of selected poems that reveal the darkest truths' of Damian Hamza Taylor, a poet/author who has used his pen to treat a cocaine addiction that almost sent his life into a death march. From poems that tell a maniacal plot to murder the drug dealers selling his mother dope, to writing poems about a little boy, who needs a poem written especially for him. Hamza details each story with a descriptive twist that keeps emotions unaware of the next turn of events.  

       Hailing from one of the roughest neighborhoods in Norfolk, Virginia (Park Place) Hamza uses pain to facilitate a truth needed to move forward in a fragile life that has the possibility of shattering at any moment.  But this isn't just a sad; depressing, poetical reveal. Inside you will find tales that show his strength and courage under fire. "This type of truth scares the hell out of a pen, but that's truth's job; murder the lie." In a world where lies seem to prevail, Hamza's profound understanding of truth reveals, he is willing to tell the truth, so help him God.

photo by Sugar 

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