it’s
the spelling time\ light must be brought
to
the dark
mass
heaving in your chest
(earth)
with (scrapped up metal) served on (broken trees and roofs) tingling
with(still glowing headlights and torches) the musty taste of
(blood/
sweat/ tears/unrealized memories)
ozone<<<<<<<<<
you
are elemental
simultaneous
irrevocable
the
dust aches at her advance
thirsty/
it rises to her breast/ hoping
for
droplets|
finding
the unforgiving coarseness
of
beautiful senna hide
and
flight.
we
cling to your dress flies
hidden
in short coarse hair|
stuck
on your fine skin
/
afefele/ mesmerized by its hidden smoothness
struck
dumb
by
the cadence of swinging tail.
the
whisk seems to talk
tells
of battles and babies/ great deals on the corner
impossible
trades in the marketplace
amassed,
we wait among the fibers
of
squawk and murmur
squeezed
by the pressure
of
tight purple sky
flash
of light
momentary
illumination
as
sudden darkness
settles
in for a long visit
the
sound of metal
meeting
the resistance
of
air pressure is all we will never
remember.
Iansã,
If
I went home
and
found you there
should
I say,
"Hey
momma! Glad
to
know that every
goodbye
ain't
gone."
Or
should I smirk,
Say
"What's up , girl?
See
you got a
new
way
uh wearin yo
hair."
Or
should I coo
and
offer you a lollipop
coated
with butterflies.
Momma
o' Nines
Sister
to Death & Time
Lover
of Domination
Bringer
of Revolution
Clearer
of Unseen Passageways,
if
I bowed my head
down,
in honor and respect
would
you whack it off,
or bless it.
a
sharp toothed point
wicked tongue
voracious eyes
dare we ask
for clarification
a stitch in time
of the ninth hour
the invisible nullifier…
dare
we?
rhythm
waits
all
its beats
for
hips like hers.
slight,
but determined
her
haunches know
how
to work it,
grind
that thing down
into
pleasurable submission
winni
winni
the
swirling is more focused| more purposeful
than
we'll ever know
just
as quickly as you collected it all
you
dump it\ jumping across tombstones
laden
in the wealth of the dead
luxuriating
in the inevitability of it all
first
breath drawn/ last breath
gone|
efufulele
oia afefelele oia
iba
o!