by christxpher oliver
suh won’t we step inna hxr class -0
to reflect with d’bi young anitafrika
rhyming between african diasporic lines
hxr art of dub poetics
holds the listener -
from the garrisons of kingston, jamaica
sharpening hxr mother’s tools
making sense of how
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situate each thought, feeling and word
to witness hxr spirit
extend into the theatrical realm
technical inhales and exhales
attune to episodes in time
d'bi speaks
inna stillness as in movement
sounds of nation language
summon fragmented environments
tides of ancestral frequencies
open out to an inside
characters appear with burning messages
lighting mythical futures