Lasana Sekou

3DAYS
3CONTINENTS
5.2001

without what you know in the fullness of sleep
no where to dose in the cumbite & kraal of dreams
know when to consult obsidian oracles
who cast cowry from the cascading suite of living bones
to tell why we are a saltstain troll of water. the libations:

unto the Most High
Thanks&Praises
unto the good ancestors of this beloved country
praises
unto the goodly&dread Ancients of this continent
praises
unto the forebears who wept lava
for the belonging bloodlines i carry
(we have waded&winged over)
blameless prayers
all secrete.
i have come.
a word-bearer.

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Sekou, Lasana M. The Salt Reaper: Poems from the Flats. House of Nehesi Publishers, 2004.