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Alice Walker

Hard Times Require Furious Dancing

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  • Александраhas quoted7 years ago
    There is no
    graceful
    way
    to
    carry
    hatred.
    While
    hidden
    it is
    everywhere.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    &

    so

    we

    lie

    entwined

    sun

    on

    our

    eyes

    knowing

    our

    heaven

    &

    sleeping

    the

    cat

    between

    us.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    Alice loves me

    and I am not blamed for this.

    She knows —

    & is weeping

    even

    in her sleep

    while they laugh —

    she knows

    & keeps

    the record

    that

    this

    unspeakable

    violation

    of all of us

    so briefly human

    is happening

    to me.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    when you are

    facing

    your

    final

    eternal

    moment

    of

    transformation;

    whether by heat

    or cold

    uzi

    or

    machete

    or “simple”

    or complicated

    by death

    rape

    or scorn;

    your tears

    causing

    much amusement;

    your efforts

    to hide

    your

    shame

    hilarious

    to men

    & boys

    circling

    your pain;

    Remember

    this —

    say it

    & know

    it

    is true:

    Alice loves me
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    the driver said:

    over there

    & there

    & there

    & there

    all mass graves

    &

    maybe Lorca*

    in

    one of them.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    body;

    loaded

    down

    with

    firewood,

    water

    in leaking

    plastic

    jugs,

    old clothes

    from the

    missionary

    dump,

    &

    your

    broken

    heart;

    pushing you

    to slow

    surrender

    of

    all you

    were

    &

    are.

    They have

    a bad

    track

    record

    of

    mass graves.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    I know

    encountering

    you

    on

    a deserted

    road

    they have

    a tendency

    to drive

    their subsidized

    jeeps

    & armored

    tanks

    into

    your defenseless
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    in
    the midnight
    hour
    reminds us
    mostly
    of a
    wound
    we are not
    wise
    enough
    to forget.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    Carved
    wood
    or
    stone
    no matter its
    well-kissed
    perfection
    or what beloved
    teacher
    it
    represents
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    an even
    warmer
    thigh.
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