always need 
permission to be
let me be
free me
don’t you want to know what you are?
don’t you feel so very far away from 





what you were?

do for you for you do for you do do
do for do do for do for do fo what?
do si do do si do do do birdie bye
do be do be do be do be do be do 
doe eye doe eye doe eye doe eye doe
luv me do luv me don't say yes
you know yes u do not know me so
where is it where is u where u go
is none of mine none of yours o
ma pa and daughter doting daily 
sailing sally set adrift a flailing
schooner song was sung by many mans
who never came home and boys grew up
without a pa or pain or bread or brain
o well o well still turned out swell
still rose with tides and ides of 
marching on and staying strong
and staying up all night long 

gramatica desamor
esperar quitar engañar
para desolvidar 
o sea 
o mar 
gramatica desamor 
tirar parar desear
para destruir
o sea 
o mar 

The ruling class, the fascists, and the cisheterosexists are afraid of Black revolt: it threatens their property interests.
— Read on pinko.online/web/trans-survival

To understand the great body of work that Lucille Clifton left after her death in 2010—the evolving body, for more poems are being excavated all the time—you must understand that Black history informs much of her work. There is the generous verse she offered everyone, regardless of racial or gender identification. This was her benediction, and because of that gift, many want to read disembodied, deracinated impulses in Clifton’s poems, seeking a so-called universal meaning.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/154884/go-back-and-fetch-it