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ID4195620
AuthorsKamau Brathwaite (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume21
Issue3
Pages40-41
Publication date2017-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSmall Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1534-6714 • E-ISSN: 0799-0537
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/07990537-4271962
OpenAlexW4240550657
LanguageEN

The morning that i stir within the narrow compost of my gravemiraculously ash space move around my head to open out my eyethe eyelids sticking down some time until they openingThat i cd lift my head and shoulders' shadowsfind arms & legs to shift the crisp & sound-less wind-like gravel for more company. push myself forward upsit there w/in the dark of worms & soft-stones for a whilemy nose allowing me to breathe the sticky myrrh of frankincense and bones. and somehow light here too . and space . more space .to push my fingers' hands up thru the coral up. ward up. warduntil i break into the peace and ancient sunlight of my birthmy one eye seeing allthe green the grass the distant tattoos on the trunks of treesand then the trees themselves . their leaves and silvery design of branchesw/the wind within them swaying welcomei cd not not believe it as i pushed up uprightsee the blackbirds hear the twits a gaulin wing above melike a kite and chilly mooring in the forgotten skyits open blue as if my heart wd pierce it!And so i push myself full up and climb myself out of the grave onto CowPasturewhen something turn my head around and there beyond the chain-link garden fencewas DreamChad's washing on the line as if she nvr stop her washing after i had goneAnd as i moved towards our homethe wind come up and blow the colours of the clothes towards me evermore >

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