Last game
Last argument
she splashed wine on my button down
so confident that time about what she found
if I win the game it’s ok that she won the round
play give & take
till she forgets what she’s talkin ’bout
too fast to chase, son
I’m nice with the run around
givin answers based on how I wanna sound
yeah, a lil love with a hug and a smile
til recent that’s all she needed
but she don’t even want it now
had it all figured out, no questions or doubts
except for my cell that I left on her couch
gambled more than I could handle
so crazy how at the table
put all my green rectangles down
all she did was press redial
to figure out my other routes
stress on my chest like a hundred pounds
I’m through underestimatin these women
now I’m back to the piggy bank
tryna shake a penny out…
Leo Coltrane
(Original Lyrics)
Original painting by LOVE
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009), both of which garnered rave reviews.
Her writings are also featured in a 500 page anthology of Haitian Literature by RAL’M, the French Revue d’Art, Littérature et Musique (2009). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a MS from The New School for Social Research.