Jakima Davis

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Artwork by Gene McCormick

No Pressure

Jakima Davis for president
Hyped up the common dancer
Flip the script like a rapper
Enough leaks to fix
Put my style into the mix
The flow's under pressure
No jive for me
Love me love me not
Clap and flex the wrist
I can move around
Make me a mountain
Left my stain on the void

I'm the ache and the muscle
Place it on the auction block
The speakers on blast
Clip my wings easily
Take my food and eat it up
Turn the speakers up
Diamonds and wood
I think I'm crazy
I'm Cain and Abel
Hyper than the music
These walls knock down
For the Believers and the unbelievers
These walls made for talking
If they could talk
I'll be the one speaking

 

Jakima Davis published three chapbooks; one in 2016 and two in 2021.  She's been published in, The PEN, Big Hammer, Street Value, Trajectory, among others.  She's awaiting more publications in the coming months.