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Who Said It Was Simple
"which me will survive all these liberations"
Created on 2007-05-16 03:47:22 (#12953539), last updated 2009-01-31
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Basic Info| Name: | mysweetsolace |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 11-20 |
| Location: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Website: | Facebook me! |
BioI've been on livejournal for years, but my other journal just wasn't quite me.
So, in this one I'd like to introduce myself: I'm a liberal Black queer Christian feminist. Nice to meet you.
Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.
Sitting in Nedicks
the women rally before they march
discussing the problematic girls
they hire to make them free.
An almost white counterman passes
a waiting brother to serve them first
and the ladies neither notice nor reject
the slighter pleasures of their slavery.
But I who am bound by my mirror
as well as my bed
see causes in color
as well as sex
and sit here wondering
which me will survive
all these liberations.
-Audre Lorde
Be Nobody’s Darling
Be nobody’s darling;
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
And wrap around
You like a shawl,
To parry stones
To keep you warm.
Watch the people succumb
To madness
With ample cheer;
Let them look askance at you
And you askance reply.
Be an outcast;
Be pleased to walk alone
(Uncool)
Or line the crowded
River beds
With other impetuous
Fools.
Make a merry gathering
On the bank
Where thousands perished
For brave hurt words
They said.
Be nobody’s darling;
Be an outcast.
Qualified to live
Among your dead.
-Alice Walker
R.I.P. Baby Zee
So, in this one I'd like to introduce myself: I'm a liberal Black queer Christian feminist. Nice to meet you.
Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.
Sitting in Nedicks
the women rally before they march
discussing the problematic girls
they hire to make them free.
An almost white counterman passes
a waiting brother to serve them first
and the ladies neither notice nor reject
the slighter pleasures of their slavery.
But I who am bound by my mirror
as well as my bed
see causes in color
as well as sex
and sit here wondering
which me will survive
all these liberations.
-Audre Lorde
Be Nobody’s Darling
Be nobody’s darling;
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
And wrap around
You like a shawl,
To parry stones
To keep you warm.
Watch the people succumb
To madness
With ample cheer;
Let them look askance at you
And you askance reply.
Be an outcast;
Be pleased to walk alone
(Uncool)
Or line the crowded
River beds
With other impetuous
Fools.
Make a merry gathering
On the bank
Where thousands perished
For brave hurt words
They said.
Be nobody’s darling;
Be an outcast.
Qualified to live
Among your dead.
-Alice Walker
R.I.P. Baby Zee
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University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA (2004 - 2005)Skyline Community College - San Bruno, CA (2006 - 2007)
San Francisco State University - San Francisco, CA (2007 - present)
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