No Black Preludes

Black desires grinded down into something less primal. Black rage fermented illegally into wine. Black conjugations created to appease others. Black resolutions but no black preludes. Black bodies drowned somewhere in the Atlantic. Black sounds misheard. Black beauty denied. Black ignorance encouraged. Black fragments of a larger myth. Black narrative reduced to a footnote. Black mother(land)s raped. Black father(land)s imprisoned. Black home(land)s are Black figments—Black remnants of another time. Black humanness without evidence. Black reflections unable to be seen fully. Black language disgorged from other mouths. Black burdens too heavy for anyone to bear. Black mouths sewn shut with white thread.