African Diaspora
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VALKYRIE OF THE DIASPORA
Centuries of oppression and rebellion—of pain and joy—eddy in the waters of time—pregnant with generations of our blood memories… Valkyrie…
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BLACK MAVERICK
He is an icon and a maverick—a voice of hope, sensuality, pain, and liberation… This creatrix rises to amplify the…
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MAGNETIC WATER
It was my first night on the psych wardI submerged the Bible in the toiletimagining that I would recreate the…
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MOON IN SCORPIO
I write from a place deep inside—from a geothermal vent of being and presence Presence is the essence—the essence of…
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ORACLE OF THE SNAKE
Snake medicine pulsates through my being, unleashing immense powers of creativitybringing psychic energy into awareness and channeling this magic…
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COSMIC CARNAL CRUCIFIXION
My eyes seduce the son of god—taking in every sinuous muscle and seductive glance, and absorbing the power of our…
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CYBERPUNK DIASPORA
dancers stomp, twist, and writhegiving voice to desires pent up deep insidewe long to rise as one and mobilizeour subaltern…
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EBONY and ONYX
i am energized by attraction and by chemical reactioni yearn for connection and for seismic satisfaction this is a quest…
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ECOLOGY
in our arrogance, we have claimed lordship over the natural world we have let the talons of profit claw at…
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NOIR EROTIQUE
I imagine you lying beside meblack on black—skin to skin I feel a fire of liberation deep withinI feel a…
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PIXIE QUEERS
limp wrists and raised fiststrans and queer we rearm and resist we harness sacred powers arising in our midstmagical elixirs…
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CULTURAL HIPHOP MATRIX
country twang meets harlem swingan old town road to the world we begin marinating and meditatingfornicating and innovating enjoying the…
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BARRICADE FREAKS
we are barricade freaks rocking prada in the streetwe style our rage in platinum shades shining strong and rolling deep…
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MEMORIAM for IMAN
i just awoke from a dream about youi was walking with phyllis owens and we were talking about you and…
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SEX GOD
your eyes entrance, ensnare, and inspireConjuring waves of ecstatic passion that rise up ever higheryour body is a talisman, a…
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DYNAMO
there is subterranean strength in your body and volcanic energy in your mindthis is a seismic cosmic moment when everything…
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PSYCHEDELIC JESUS
light and sound become energized and fused into onewe see fractals in the moon and volcanic power in the sunpsychedelic…
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ANANSI
i am a vessel for sacred forces arising in a moment of unprecedented global perilwe must draw strength from our…