Daily Archives: November 4, 2012

music makes my bones move

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

music makes my bones move he says, shakes last year’s mardi gras beads like maracas, keeps a beat not listened to but pulsed from the soles up

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the babalawo says so (election math)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the babalawo says so. the Opele & Ikin have spoken fate on his tray. he has heard & told it– his palm nuts & divination chains are never wrong until they are & even then it must be the god … Continue reading →

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a proposition

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if my happy is too loud, splashing yellow-paint sun across the floor, staining it anything but sorry if i wear joy in plaids with polka-dots just for the sake of clashing will you correct me, mop up the color & quiet the … Continue reading →

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