It hit the floorAnd stood tall in quiet reliefLike only coarse things can You must be careful touching that whichReplicates itself a million times overThat which springs. Back.That which is never too goodto scrub the floorswith steel wool accusations All of the pullingPullingPullingWhen all it ever needed was a gentle push It would have given youContinue reading “A PSALeM 40 Days At The Well…”
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Blax Hx 2023: ♥️
And ain’t nobody got survivor’s guilt like the bees and their honey; mosquitos and your blood; a heart being held safe in such a time as this. #MAHism2023 (🙏🏽 Keep us safe Oh, Lord!)
Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales
More on Arks and Middle Passages… Who knew the unlearning would seem as though a vice to even ourselves? Who knew it would feel like hell? Have you ever listened to Anita Baker’s ‘Fairytales’. I was afraid of this song as a child; along with ‘Little Walter’ by Toni! Tony! Tone! (I just got theContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales”
Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages
They found her on the battlefield. She looked as though she’d traveled from some far off land. They’d get these types every now and then. Lost Souls is what they called them. But one took a second glance at her right wrist. It did not have the cut that many have. Instead there was aContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages”
MAHism2026: prose, poetry, peculiarities... 