Sonia’s been talking about all that
all that storytelling about being black and bad
all that knowledge woven in the politics of
dealing with one’s self and
I’ve been thinking about what
it really be about when Sonia tells me
that i am a black women who hasn’t meditated
on my self and only myselves
i’m really thinking about what Sonia is preachin’
through her sweet monologs and sultry lullabies
that tell me my blackness is worth more than a
glimpse, more than a shame-filled, passionless
fuck.
so I am really thinking about what Sonia has got me thinking about:
that I ought to do more
to deal with all of this,
all this blackness
and all that lays beyond it.
Sonia most definitely has me thinking about
dealin’.