a woke cipher

how do i love thee?

Author’s photo — Buboys & Poets, Washington D.C. — 2021

(a skinny)

coming from the dome on this here platform
i
write &
contemplate
&
i
analyze
us
&
i
on this here platform come from the dome

2. (alpha)

average white band. apples. alice walker.
basketball. banjoes. bill russell.
crackers & soup. critical race theory. cesaire.
dollars. ‘dig it.’ denzel.
elderberry. eggplant. ellington.
fish & chips. funk. falafel.
girls. go go beats. greek joints.

harriet tubman. haki madhubuti. hank aaron.
italian ladies. imam bayaldi. iceland (i wanna go)
jazz. james brown. job (or Job).
kisses (chocolate or lips). ‘killer of sheep.’ kaepernick.
lisa b. libido. ‘lovely day.’
my mama. morrison (toni). marvin gaye
na na na na. ntozake. nudity.