blackness
is strenuous. emotion is
pivotal.
gentleness has become us.
at
least acceptance, and openness.
like
surgeons, entering more into
academia,
becoming more
political.
clutching
skies. rising in literature.
many
publishers seeking oppressed
voices.
Tasmania
artistry. women debuting.
people
of color at the debut.
I
wonder what Jung would say, or
suggest
about the margins.
years
invested in dialogue, opening
pomegranates,
and undressing each
kernel.
in
life, at points, things occur
—seeming
inconceivable.
