Rooftops

poetry / music

Guérin Asante
Nov 2 · 1 min read
The Block (In Bluster) © Guérin Asante 2019

Mid-day finds rooftops sketched in rainfall like unbound balls of lead who, in having their say, see themselves embedded deep in this molehill of a westbound street, its high grade makes gutters into superhighways, gets paid premium to receive the flood until the first true mouth of mud is slung just around the bend, gridlocking grit and truant maple leaves against their slide down dark gray sleeves left barely worn by…

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Guérin Asante

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Guérin Asante is a writer, painter, musician, photographer, polyglot and curious human — just like you. He thrives on bridging our digital and inner worlds.

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