for monami. I’m sorry for lying to you and hurting you. I pray (which I usually never do) that one day you can forgive me, and trust me again. I will always love you. Please believe that. Please know this poem was written from a place of truth and love. you are my light-bringer dearContinue reading “poem for monami”
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sea of love
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xo o o o o o o o o o o o o ox x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x o o o o o o o o oContinue reading “sea of love”
letter to a friend #3
I received a letter the other day. It was red. Its voice was red. I read it aloudand was dead.
i am
i am the love you gave methe lover you mademe i’m sorry i failed youi am the one who paid methe money you gave me i’m sorry i failed youi am your favorite ladyi think the story you toldme i’m sorry i failed you
rumors
riots and rumors of riotsof a warrum-punch cakesrummaging ruminating on it whispers of a warof THE central problemof lifeinklings of itin the airwhere?where next? where to?word ishere
two pigeons
Two pigeons walked single file through the metro doors like they were human. I noticed they didn’t pay their fare. Typical.
don’t & say
let’s don’t and say we did as inlet’s don’t fuck and say we didlet’s don’t suckand say we didlet’s don’t knowand say we did let’s do and say we don’t as inlet’s play and say we won’t let’s cry and say we can’t let’s die and say we lived
babble on paths
do you want to be richor have a habitable earth?do you want to be famousor have air to breathechoose choose choose choosebob marley sayrevelation is revolutionreveals the truth say choose choosedo you want the five eyesto starve so you can thrive?do you want your sistersdead or alive choose choose choose choosethis is love this isContinue reading “babble on paths”
messy girl
I’m a messy girl in a messy room. To be fair, I live in a very messy country. Place. I don’t like to say country. Gives this place too much credit. This place could change, and become a country. A nation of nations to redeem the land and the people. Just like I could cleanContinue reading “messy girl”
The Human Zoos of Modernity
Greetings! Following the writing of Dionne Brand in The Blue Clerk, I recently wrote a piece about the human zoos of modernity for the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice (where I’m an articles editor). Click the link here to read Part I. Parts II and III will be coming out later this week.