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Chris Abani

This is not a lamentation, damn it.This is a love song.This is a love song.Like reggae—it all falls on the off beat.If there is a way, it is here.They say you cannot say this in a poem.That you cannot say, love, and mean anything.That you cannot say, soul, and approach heaven.But the sun is no… Continue reading Chris Abani

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Uche Nduka

somewhere behind the napes, armorial backbone. ripeness that goes on and on. a kayak, waist-deep. in blood is where the acorn grows. which means the world is ravenous. i want to eat my cake and have it. lover, am i not your invention? — Uche Nduka, “Somewhere Behind the Napes,” Overpassbooks January 15, 2013

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