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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Eulogy for Akua


They found her dead on Eastern Parkway

with a pink ipod in the palm of her hand; it was still playing:

Jimi Hendrix- “Cocaine.”

The concrete didn’t recognize the color of her skin, nor the color

Of her eyes. It did however recognize that her body was foreign--
transplanted from some unknown space in a forbidden place
centuries before.

Her hair was a deep shade of red, one that made blood look dull
on white tiles. This hair was combined of wool and wires but straight at the ends.

"She's a goner" said the local man with the 40 oz. in his hand.
Everyone continued to stare
and days later,
her body
was still there
just the way they found her.

© Crystal Belle

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Anna Renee said...

Sister, you always manage to pierce me through.

Speaks Beliefs said...

i just read this 5 times. no lie. love every line. eye love your words for the images they spark while reading.

femiabelardo said...

Wow, how crazy is that. Love it. Is this what we do emotionally even when we do physically pick the person up and deliver them to rest?