Titled It ‘Survival’
the day the earth broke open our braids untangled our bodies shut down ‘cut down’ the trees they said we’ll sell all the lumber we were not afforded the luxury of crumbling we rebraided our hair pinned it down tight this time they could no longer undo it ‘cut down’ their power put them into bite-size pieces we can sell their parts the day the earth broke open we put away our comfort foods and…