An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
One Woman's Quest II 
It’s been confounding the past year to realize that racism is as virulent as it ever was in the US.
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Not just the US – everywhere.
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It’s hard to comprehend how it can just go on and on despite the advances made.
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We are slow to change.
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Lol. Could be true, Keith.
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VJ, she does not get out much. Keith
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