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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”

Blax Hx 2023: In the Name

There is power in your name. Study its history, its origin. Love on it. Write it down, ball up the paper, see how it unfolds. No matter how many hard or soft covers beckon its beginning and end; no matter how many faces they give it, there it is. Etched inside. Parting red seas. AContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: In the Name”

Blax Hx 2023: Prince of ☮️

And we must learn to release the grip around our enemy’s necks. Free our hands for something…more. Forgive our dreams for being nightmares (at times). Give a fist bump to the things you once thought were ruining your life. Ride in cars with tax collectors, realtors, and practitioners. Ask the great Prince of Peace toContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Prince of ☮️”

Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL

Careful with your voice. It carries a vibration. Different than sketching words onto lined canvases.When you speak it is a forced-feeding of sorts. It is your self outside of itself. Walking beside another. Braiding her hair. Shaving his beard. Coming closer and closer to orifices that don’t belong to the original speaker. Being chewed, swallowed.Continue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL”