I am no longer afraid
of being open, tender
a gaping wound
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For those who cannot look a god in the eye
Living in the quiet death between breaths
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Take as many names as your mouth can carry
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Take as many names as you need:
full with the silent pleasure of your most intimate offerings
this private joy
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voices touch softly
in a pool of your own water
the way a shout becomes prayer
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Performing Diaspora 2019 with Artists-in-Residence, Gabriel Christian & Chibueze Crouch, opens Dec 5-7 & 12-14, 2019. Get tickets: counterpulse.org/performingdiaspora2019.
Text by Chibueze Crouch; Photos by Robbie Sweeny