the nazi in new york
who killed all those Africans
at a supermarket in Buffalo?
he is afraid
afraid of the “great replacement”
afraid of the masses 
the colonized masses outnumbering 
he says “the white birth rate must change”
he says “my blood is European”

Africans 
Black people
my people 
we must prepare 
for the worst
is still to come
for us there was never 
a choice. 

Let us come together. 
Let us fight. 
Let us come together. 

i don’t exist to you 
unless i’m some 
kind of forbidden fruit
this is why 
we don’t date catholics 

A beautiful, special issue of the Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL) on Kamau Brathwaite is here. Please see more information below for JWIL …

New Issue: JWIL (On Kamau Brathwaite)

The settler states partner with their parent countries in Europe to continue imperialist domination. Africa is a key battleground against imperialism in its settler and neo-colonial form.
— Read on hoodcommunist.org/2022/05/12/imperialism-was-built-on-settler-colonialism/amp/

the earth moves with you
it is gliding - you are gliding
down the slope we go
geronimo! 

lovely lady lazuli
gave me a kiss 
i was blued 
all over 

the earth moves with you
it is our oldest friend 
who holds our hand 
from beginning to end

sand sit collecting 
memories microparticles
massive data dumps
of earth before time 

erupt! come to life
like lava flow slow
down now child
enuf! smolder 

coral kissed me 
can you believe?
coral kissed me 
lips one evening

silt bender 
sliced hand
in half 
still searching

dispatch from
the arctic 
no snow 
no show 

spin i spin spin
i spin spin spin
spin i spin spin
spin spin i spin 

trees are tattlers
trail spinners 
tale fiddlers 
totem talkers

the 
earth 
moves 
with 
you 
holding 
you 
tightly 
lovingly 
truly
into 
the
night