LUCY NEGRO, REDUX by Caroline Randall Williams

Author:Caroline Randall Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Third Man Books
Published: 2020-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

COMEBACK SPIRIT II

Time fed the tale—

that almost fat nest—

she was you,

Lucy,

I cried.

Time fed the tale,

and three score cows

came back to the fold.

Time fed the tale

and she was you,

Lucy—

Milkmother. Rose

Flower.

Comeback spirit. Negro.

THIS EXIAT SAYETH THAT

This exiat sayeth that

We are fit for the degree of them that use us.

This exiat sayeth that

Lucy is burning. Think of her burning loose light wax and wick

and brown skin sweat slicked. See the room where he paid to know

her. Where he paid to

paid to

paid to know her. A rat in the room and a

velvet stage gown gone to seed.

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