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Did You See That?
i keep looking for you in twisted
refrains
sifting through stripper directions
& slave salutations
i keep waiting for you to
remove the earth’s gems from the
dwelling place
of your sheared tongue
is it
cultural amnesia?
did you leave it
there
between Swahili and auction block
is your soul in ocean purgatory
bits/pieces salt possession
is the
reason
brown baby lips burn with
bitches oil and bundled money
i keep waiting for you to rise up
out in over those
pants
hold you tight in braided
knowledge
have you never seen a plantain fry?
i know they took it from you
point. of. reference.
i keep looking for you in hospital
morgues
riffling through
gang signs/bootcamps/red/blue
white
i dream of you
a son flower
freshly cut clean baby boy
bleeding affirmations and ancestor
talk
remembering
i see you walking tall
playing jimbe drums
clasping cowry shells
happy sweat beads crocheting
butterflies in your mountainous hair
pickture that
i dream of
who you used to
be is
am was
could be
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