1.
there are many selves within you
I did not choose one but the whole
and in our home, two bodies
a village of selves and foreign laughters
one day I will not recognize the names you gave my daughters. I will forget the laughters, words
we will grow old there, in those bodies folded and demented
one day I fear not losing the whole, but the part you chose,
the self you loved the most
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2.
Haiku:
night and silk head scarf
if it wrong to want a man
who speaks that language
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3.
Haiku:
long eyes/ views greener
there is no better elsewhere
find joy where you stand
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4.
Haiku:
in the coming years
Black joy, Black love, Black magic—
—acts of rebellion
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