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Urban Girl Upon Identifying Her Father’s Dead Body
by Siaara Freeman
i chew gum. 2 packs of double-mint. i need to make my mouth move.
i haven’t spoken in hours & im not sure about my mouth
still moving. i remember reading aloud about Maya Angelo not speaking
for 7 years. i remember thinking “that’s a lot
of remembering you do in silence”. I’ve got to make my mouth move.
I think about my daddy & how he got the last word
it seems the best way
to make yo’ brain not move as much
is to make yo’ mouth move
more.