you want a woman because you want to be saved
well I’ll tell you that I got a little lot on my plate
MS MR // Dark Doo Wop
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For Lenya on Her Way
by Carrie Murphy
The intimidation of the ocean which is nothing
compared to escalators which are nothing
compared to riding your bike in a miniskirt,banjoing along the road as the vee of your turquoise
underwear is there & then not there, men looking & then not
looking, which is nothing compared to driving alonein a strange state while a bass drum of hurricane gallops
over, rain & then thunder & then rain & then thunder,
stopping to eat corn nuts & bacon bits which arenot what you ate on the train to Portsmouth all
crooked in the arm of a man who was nothing
compared to the tracks which were such violins,steel sirens, which were nothing compared
to the thick wings of airplanes where you see
angels leering for dear life, mouthing cautionlike lyres or the sudden sound of his breath
from his body in the pitch-dark, the salt-lick
of his teeth & tongue or the solidity of your own bones,& how you want to live in that split-second after the chain is pulled,
when the light is not on & not off.—Pretty Tilt (Keyhole Press, 2012)
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For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look. From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”:
“When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.
This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.
Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe
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Will Graham is shopping for the perfect sweater at good will
then he stumbles upon it, the perfect sweater
it has a dog pattern
“Yes” he whispers “This is my design”
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