micropoetry (hagar)

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[Hagar]


dark of skin 

dusted by sand 


tears and bitterness

mixed with desert water


in her household 

enslaved and raped 

her man impregnates me 

'cause she can't carry


in my eyes 'Sarai'...

an afterthought

a byword for 'least' 


can't help it if i sneer

cause Abraham be lovin' my 

hips lovin' my curves lovin' my warmth

my ways


a man-child be born 

wild as an angry east wind 

untameable—and mine


then the dismissal 

into the womb of the desert

where the All-Seeing watches my comin' 

and i will longstare him 

until im free

 

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