nefarious jackson

hungry upon arrival. sum wars wait fa u ur whole lyphe. wake u up in tha middle uv night ta write this barefoot. this dressed in tha skins uv afrakans whu lost they roots. its all this disconnectedness. that confuses me. sickenin me. thickens mah blood like so. no lie. eye stopped countin tyme in butterflies. avin mastered tha art uv becumin less than. It no longer seemed ta make sense. then nufin does. in this dislocated elbow uv lyphe. bendin be survival be dreams turned belly up. afromanticism. be folly uv youth. here eye am. attemptin ta write mahself different. there tucked in mah margins. a truth. indelible. tawny brown around tha edges. drunk & bellicose. refusin ta roll ova & play dead. sumfin keeps insistin. soul wants ta fly. persistent. eyem learnin ta recognize tha pattern. a wurld shatterin in tha matter uv minutes it takes fa arms ta raise fists & fists ta break walls. & walls ta draw silence & blood. shhhhhh. listen. can u hear tha tradewinds callin. ancestors speed-dialin. collect. re:member. know thyself. surrender. luv thyself. defend her. heal thyself. shhhhhhh. eye was sent here fa this. path uv mah own choosin. anutha rhapsody in blue. eye still ave ta wurk on stickin tha landin. caution. grab hold. there goes anutha north star. anutha chocolate chrysalis unfoldin. after two thousand seasons. this melanation near complete. so cum dance wif me. anybody askes... we escapin. moonwalkin our way back thru tha door uv no return. this last part is gonna burn. cuz its tha here & nah that matters. & flesh is part uv tha package. so in tha mean tyme. luv ur flesh. & don’t worry bout me none. nobody eva really leaves here. & sumtymes. u gotta die a little ta be alive.hmmmm. eye think eye respond better ta kwestions. short uv that. eyeve been here on god's gud green fa thirty four complete cycles. once eye wurked fa an environmental justice organization. nah eye du wurkforce development in construction. eye jes started gettin inta writin flash fiction. and after nearli ten years. am still strugglin as ta how ta make a science uv this vegetarian thang. oh yeah. eye ave mah own style uv writin. sum folks call it olabonics. eyeve self-published befa. ave a slew uv unfinished songs that eye wud luv ta see performed one dey. mah close frens call me a walkin musical. wud luv ta pick up tha guitar. eye miss performin. esp ta a live band. wud luv ta wurk wif a band all mah own. what else. eyem a big flirt & eyem corny as hell. eyeve been out tha country only twice so far. ghana and amsterdam. wud luv ta du helluva more travelin. uhm. thats all eye can scratch up fa nah. so holla if u want ta kno more. eyem pretty much an open book.