Word Medicine
there are rumors
in south africa
that do not surprise me
they say AIDS can be cured by raping virgin girls
and not just any girls but
precious little black girls
are being found in between
the crevices of things
peeled out of ditches like flower petals
caught in tar
seven months
nine months
three years old
soiled/discarded
toilet paper lives
as the world nods its head
to the beat y’all
it ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none
it ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none
it’s
a malificence so ancient
there are no new words for it
and so
the old ones
will have to do:
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