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illustrations | Chance Mutuku || hypertext | Maya McMullen || patterns
Emperor Mackenzie. Spiritual. “I Wonder Where My Mother Has Gone.” Root Hog or Die: An Alan Lomax CentennialTribute. Bandcamp, 2017, track 73.
I will break dishes glasses children boundaries I will be bountiful this you will have taught me an infinity of black womxn will hold me close and I will sing loudly as I have been told to it will be right not relentless the ocean will wrap me in kindness rays envelop my arms anemone shock reminders I am alive here at the bottom I breathe salt air waiting to awaken I will not rage I have not been cheated you will comfort me and together we will sing