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i am a flowerpot sitting on the subway platform, dreaming of a southern sky i am the southern sky
bruised hues of blues and inner city, with an ocean front view
a holy ghost tongue possessed between the pews
sleepless in the twilight
a vision board invisible to eyesight
loose hips humming under summer porch lights
i’m the djembe drum
rhythms spun between love drunk knees
i’m a runaway river
a sawed off shotgun creeping through the leaves
a kiss that quivers
a machete that bleeds
i’m the bananas on Josephine's skirt, a brown liquor flirt
the gardenia in Billy Holiday’s hair
i’m a blues song in a cigarettes glare, a beaded zulu hat on Makeba’s head
Bob Marley’s loc, a natty dread
i’m Marcus Garvey’s last microphone, ancient lady of grace Nefertiti’s royal throne i’m a poem
i’m a poem handwritten by La Lupe on the Malecón
a grassroots meeting of orishas in the basement of a brownstone
i’m a homegirl homegrown made of magic
a mermaid of memories swimming through tragic times
i’m the one, that got away
i’m the love, i’m the love
i'm the love i never had
a cipher of butterfly wings
i’m a little girl who had big dreams, and prayers in my mothers purse
i’m the color of Saturday, bouncing off the walls
i drizzle in the wind like a sun shower shawl
i’m the final hour, before the moon rests
i’m what a day looks like, honest and undressed
i’m la cascarilla on the door, windows and vents
a protector of realms
a protector of realms
i’m a Bwiti shaman who ascends
i’m the mirror
i am the mirror
i am the mirror, i’m the root and the end
i am
i am
i am not that i am
i am and we are
we, we, you and me
i am
i am because of you
we are here together
there’s no me without you
i am
i said there’s no me without you
we are we x 2 ix3
i am
i am, because we are
we are
i’m only possible because we are you and me, we are
i am
you made me possible
i am x 2
i am, because we are

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from when the poems do what they do, released June 9, 2023
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aja monet Brooklyn, New York

Aja Monet is a poet, performer, and educator from East NY, Brooklyn, best known as the youngest individual to win the legendary Nuyorican Poets' Café Grand Slam title. She is an internationally established poet, recognized for combining her voice and powerful imagery on stage. Aja Monet has captivated audiences across the United States, Europe, Bermuda and Cuba. ... more

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