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assigned literature by Buchi Emecheta, Flora Nwapa, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ama Ata Aidoo, Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei Armah, and Wole Soyinka; and
fucked-up way that white supremacy slyly slips a chip on your shoulder, only to turn around and innocently question its position there.
shekere,
tip herself over like
a cup of water and become absorbed in any given moment,
most Muses are dazzling; that is how they inspire.
petrichor.
wanted in return by someone you want.
Taiye didn’t take offence at Our Lady finding her irksome. She, too,
was incredibly sick of her own shit. But one cannot abandon oneself, try try try as one might.
solidarity requires action.
“ANEMOIA”
diaspora
All that will remain is a disorienting echo of the wound that the twins would spend a lifetime attempting to locate.
entirely forgotten how particularly potent the power of yearning can be. Yearning to be seen, to be desired, to lust and be lusted after.
transmute grief through this cage, and all of them merely ease the seed rotting inside you.
Perhaps you don’t need to imagine. Is this the condition of living?
