calligraphy by: Kel C Ann Johnston 

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"It is forgetfulness that makes life possible.” Romare Bearden 

 Cliché

We escape dogma

Cannons

Textbook realities

Founding father visions

Museums

Zoos

Prisons

And plantations that hold stories

Made from brutal his-stories like

Drapetomaniacs

Forgetting captivity

Commodification 

Chattel habits

Forgetting how to be slaves

To systems that eat us

We are habit breakers

Rioters

Avant-garde players

Occupiers  

ImproviXing freedom

Toward new authenticity

As relevant as yesterday

As full of it as

All at once

We quote future to prove our mettle

Montages of silhouettes capture layers of shadow

And dimensions of initials

Letters

Names

Symbols and

Hieroglyphics

Telling muted stories

Uncontaminated by greed

Painting invisible images with

Every other color