i
see it...

When the white man
hears accusations of "privilege...

If only I could have saved her.
If only I could have known her name...

We plant flowers in our chests
and bloom epiphanies...

I see you, mother,
dipping out from the shadows...

I am the dust here;
I cannot carry your...

they condemn us with bibles
pictures of fiery pits...

A dog barks and wags its stump
of a tail when its master returns...

The day is finished, and
she didn’t say goodnight the way...

Stop using your
tongue to speak...

The morning after…
Don’t worry how I slept or the empty...

The evening of…
Please don’t listen to him, mama...