October 2010
5 posts
“Like if you are Black GENDER QUEER from an immigrant community in a low paid job...”
– Blacklooks.org
Jacks
Would we see again, jacks? Ops, I meant Sylvia We were going to build an empire together, Weren’t we jacks, sorry Sylvia. Why Sylvia? Sorry I meant Jacks, I meant Sylvia, sod that! I never thought I’d see you again, Sylvia, darling? I’ve even got your ‘darling,’ bug right now… Suddenly there you were in that film “Love & Other Disasters” only they called you, “Jacks!” I...
For Africa
Don’t you wonder why? Why I cannot go with you to Nigeria?
Don’t you wonder why I can’t put my head on that chopping board?
Don’t you wonder why I can’t abide your forgetfulness any more?
Don’t you wonder why I can’t with eyes wide shut go abroad?
Don’t you wonder why you can’t remember how you assault my heart?
Don’t you wonder why you can’t remember running away under fire?
Don’t you...
The Job!
Change of guards, the nation couldn’t decide yeah or nay.
When last week I got a job, or what appeared to be a job
Screaming jubilation broke out of me into the open day.
Was this the job I was looking for or a flop of a job? Drop!
The unemployment figures drop that month was a needle,
My gob got me a job unlike any other job before this job.
‘Together, will build an empire!’ You kept saying...
Fooling Around?
“Fool,” you said on your way to the local Basket and Bottle
The off license down our road as you walked pass Susanne.
Susanne Atewogbade smiled as though nothing had happened.
Susanne Atewogbade walked on by following her gramp’s
Wise, wise words… “they are only fooling around! It’s nothing”.
Susanne Atewogbade was proud of her trans and homo status.
“It’s a shame,” she said. “I’d never go...
