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@alexispauline.bsky.social spill: scenes of black feminist fugitivity page 96
she stopped small talk. she made her mouth wide. that small pursed polite pause was for another life. she had outgrown it and she couldn’t go back. and that was why she hated going to things like this where the talk was set on the small intent to not shatter the glass elephants around the room (with their jagged tusks). do not reveal or ask too much. we do not love here. we do not live here. we just make new deals consistent with our old one with the devil never to feel. we keep it neat. the loud yes and the belly laugh are for the street. we gave it up to shave the new growth from our lives from around our ears from behind our eyes. we slave it up to show how worthy we are, we are saving up for a freedom we will be unfit for when we get there. we have reined in our hair. the least you can do is swallow your mouth.
December 5, 2024 at 5:38 PM