"21"

Throwback to that old Vine/meme from *checks Google* 2014. That was three years ago. Three years. That's a Bachelor's degree.

I spend the better part of today reflecting on blackness. I thought it would be a good idea to do a gramme of &s using the word Négritude. I decided I'd do one a week ago, but I never got round to starting. I should have just done it when I had the impulse, because I haven't managed it - I spent too long overthinking so it looks like it's going to be a longer mission for me. I'll give it a try tomorrow once I've had some time away from it. When I post my attempt, I will define and explain both négritude and the gramme of &s. For now, I'm uploading this. The title may change

Enjoy

Obelisk

You tried to burn away my names
bleach out the hands that shaped their syllables.

You've failed.

I will not gingerly
uproot my veins
from this earth.
Your land is my
blood-given
birth-right.
I claim it by the weight of all my titles in it's soil.