Friday, 15 December 2017

De mule uh de world (Ode to Zora Neale Hurston)

The black woman may be
   de mule uh de world.

but did you
                know?

that the female mule is
                                    stronger
than a
           stallion of similar size

that her endurance is
                                 unrivalled
she requires less
                          nourishment
to carry the same
                           load
as any sinewy
                       male horse
and for
            longer distances 
       
she is
          independent

her solitude
                   only
reinforcing her
                        power

yet she is still
                      ridiculed.
                      mocked.
                      denigrated.
and
      dismissed.

still.

she carries the load
                              long, far and wide
knowing that she
                           (de mule)
is pure
           black magic.

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