Crab Orchard Review Vol. 12, No. 2, our
Crab Orchard Review Vol. 12, No. 2, our Crab Orchard Review Vol. 12, No. 2, our
Mitchell L. H. Douglas Inhabit for Debra Kang Dean At the podium, your fingers find the page, flatten one’s back to another’s stomach. The heel of your hand stands north, reverses the Great Migration. Sometimes, you say, women poets— poets of color—are called to be spokespeople; I can’t even speak for myself. One month prior, a day of bloom & warmth, you sign your first book— a surprise—hand your words across a congregation of emptied plates. I mouth the inscription: a silent sermon. Today, the microphone raises your slow breeze timbre, praises the beat of your heart. You are a patient ventriloquist: your lips move & the lyrics float, bounce from speakers hiding in the walls. Your hand moves again, an opening 56 ◆ Crab Orchard Review
to another room. Heel of hand to page: rest, slide, read, turn. Heel of hand to page. Rest, slide. Read. Mitchell L. H. Douglas Crab Orchard Review ◆ 57
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to another room.<br />
Heel of hand to page: rest,<br />
slide, read, turn. Heel of hand<br />
to page. Rest, slide. Read.<br />
Mitchell L. H. Douglas<br />
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