Stories! Identities out of the ordinary

[sonia]

Open 27 Hours by LP Kindred. Sensuous descriptions of food, and vivid descriptions of confusion and dislocation at the longest open soul food spot.

Southside Gods by Sarah Grey. "Within these lands, he is every plumber in the directory; he is all search results for toilet repair and leaking faucet. He is the alpha and omega of pipes, a small god of irrigation."

Both stories via bookgazing in ladybusiness.

I saw this on a poetry post outside a neighbor's house on a walk. You can also hear it read, I believe by the author.

"won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton
won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.

Copyright © 1993 by Lucille Clifton in Book of Light.