prayer in the name of mama-n-em, creatrix & goddess of ack right
i speak in tongues & all my tongues know all my names/ so i know who i be most days/ sometimes/ i just forget/ i don’t have perfect memory/ who does?/ just a damn good one/ telling you now/ you can trust & believe that shit/ telling you now/ don’t you forget that shit/when you sent for me/ i came for you/ here i stand for you/ here i be for you/ yes i turned my back against you/ i had to go sleep in the belly of a whale/ last night i had a dream/ that i got so bored that/ i began eating the whale’s flesh from the in/ side/out/ i sucked on the bones/ & i did not choke/ i swallowed some/ & i spat some out/ when i woke, i wept/ what you will consume/ what you will swallow down/ what you will be swallowed up by/ when you can’t digest/ the thought of your damn self/ i’m not proud of it/ not ashamed neither/ admit it/ you can’t handle this shit/ i mean i be so oceanic/ which is to say/ i be siren now/ which is to say/ hey now, why don’t you come see about me sometimes?/ i mean/ i been singin songs/ croonin comets/ gurglin stars/ just for you/ just for you/ but you don’t be noticin/ do you?/ cuz you don’t be listenin/ do you?/ you don’t/ know my name/ you don’t/ know none of my names/ you must’ve forgot who i be/ ain’t you?/ remember/ i got a moon for a mouth/ remember/ i got a sarcophagus for a throat/ remember/ i inhale & draw ghosts from your nostrils/ they gonna tell me secrets about the dirt/ remember/ i’ma seduce the shadows from your eye sockets/ & make them spin around/ once/ twice/ thrice/for me/remember/ got fire shut up in my bones/ & saltwater shut up in my lungs/ & got my soul shut up in some flesh/ & got this body shut up in a wound/& that wound stays wide open/ wide open/ remember/ i leave from & return to the same place/ always/ no/ where/ now/ here/ call me nomadwoman/ remember/ i be no/ madwoman/ watch this/ on the first day/ i be dancing/ & watch this/ on the seventh day/ i be dancing/ i be dancing/ i be dancing/ i just be dancing/ watch me/ i close my eyes/ & i see this is good/ wash me/ i be good