Black Women Talking​

Issue 5

We sit in a half moon
Toes curled inward
 
One leg slanted atop the other
We sit thinking;
 
All of us searching for a solution
To this afro that refuses to be
 
Tamed. We run through our
Heads all the things that could
 
Would and should work
So Anya say we could lay it all down
 
She lays out her plan
She tells V what to do
 
And Luce how she can help
And she walks toward the stereo
 
We figure it out
We are unstoppable
 
With Rihanna at full volume
And me knowing I can do anything
 
As long as I have you all

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NAANA EYIKUMA HUTCHFUL is a student at Potsdam, New York. They run a short fiction blog at barelyoptimistic.com. They aim to write something as good as The Red Wheelbarrow. In their free time, they like to get dressed up to get fast food with friends.

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