Thank you, always, Staceyann Chin. I needed this sorely today. Even if I don’t capture my fire well enough to spit it, I hope I will always revere my flame (Kali, Kali) and keep it blazing in at least my eyes.
“If Only Out of Vanity,” by Staceyann Chin (on Def Jam Poetry).
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