Pass Over
by Antoinette Nwandu
Promised Land Top 10
collard greens and pinto beans
brown bunnies
“my bright red superman kite”
drawer full of clean socks
“my brotha here wit me back from da dead”
“yo moms here too”
soft sheets
my woman next to me
“dis place I seent one time had bright red tulips in it”
“me and you waking up up in dat promised land instead uh jess wishin we wuz”
What’s your ‘Promised Land Top 10?’
on language…
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criticism:
“that’s not how we talk”
consider:
the repetitive use of ‘nigga’ as an artistic, linguistic device to communicate musicality in a character’s speech