“Can you play some Jamaican music?”she asks — the sax mancatches her question.“Are they from America ora different island?”she asks — me.She hails from Jamaicaon the wings of our lord.55 this years this July.Memory like a trap.Moves like the breezeas the jazz mobStirs It Up.Her grandmother a princess,her father a diplomat,her love for them overflows … Continue reading Beverly
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a wave of questions
Life hopes for lifedeath hopes for peace peace hopes for posterity hope lusts for dreams dreams ride the crest of wonder,unseen and undeterred —We evolve and revolve aroundthe terror of nothingness by the mercies of meaning and grace ~A new known awaits. a wave of questions
sin distortion
The mind bendsto what it seesas the willow bendsto the wind —Suggestion savors the momentbetweendisbelief and discretion,distorting the ever-sortingmind.Smiles and frowns,mere waves —emotion rolls eternal to the rhythm of the unknown.But beyond the tide,the current settlesto reveal the pearly present.
forming: four fates
Seed some semblance of a lifeimagined, lived beyondthe bounds of this bounty,born in the candlelight of technicolor flame.Hydratethe long limbs of desire,supple with suggestion.Rootto the depths of dreamspringsdeliberately opposed to thepainted landscape — the canvas is infinite.Growsteady, acuteto the imperative oftransformation ~amplify the grace bestowedby the heavens and the earthsthat formed you.
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A hole or a hillsink or soarinto some superficial abyssof a mind circling its own resolve. concentricity
knot a raspcherry
A distant rose by the name Rubus, — species Idaeobatus — is greater kin to a cherry than a berry, ripened red drupelets contain each sweetly coated seed. Hollowed for harvest - a soft cone core remains on the cane, its flower forgone for the market. Daily digested but rarely consumed by its curious nature … Continue reading knot a raspcherry
nyumbu
Riled after rain chasing fisi and punda, the most common game. Long faces, thin legs new moms run wildebeest babes — Ngorongoro fisi (Swahili for “hyena”) punda (short for “pundamilia”, slang for “zebra” in Swahili)
pundamilia
Striped and steady sight, gentle grazers quick to flight — families run tight. Bodacious backside patterns perfected, unique beauty redundant. Bigger in Eden than the Tarangire plains — Ngorongoro
pembe na pumba
Pembe Spike horned herbivores, birds line thick black rhino backs after summer rain. 19 natives now, pointed lips browse to feed in Ngorongoro. Pumba Tails up, anxious run sudden stop to sniff still air warthog families roam. Calmer in Eden, than tail-up Tarangire’s — Ngorongoro.
tembo // masakio
Bulls lock tusks to greet, twisting trunks into open mouths no threat detected. Male duty to mate complete — migrate to Eden: Ngorongoro.
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