There is a coarseness to the English language that makes it almost unpalatable for African tongues. These words make us cough up the bones…
Grandmothers, Ancestors, Orishas, Most High God, please help me read the shells of my fractured lineage to know from whence i/we come The answers…
I need a man willing to split an appetizer a man who takes a stance on condiments just a thin spread man is not…
But you don’t have an accent I’m told repeatedly by urban speech even in feeling or tone sometimes too reflective of my own sound…
sometimes it’s important to say to yourself, out loud people don’t eat their doggy bags five minutes in the door I have a loner’s…
There was a time when I ate everything that time I h(ate)d everything about me I’d talk about cheese in therapy fill my food…
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with hurt feelings, and good intentions. i feast off my sins, and fast for your forgiveness. i needed him at lunch but i wanted…