Ostinato Vamps by Wanda Coleman

Author:Wanda Coleman [Coleman, Wanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780822979876
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

telling fortunes on the side

drew extra cash. all those

gold & silver rings financed

by the afterlife. the child was

enchanted and held her virgin

breath between Mama's visits

to Margo's din of aromatic

mystery, vials glistened,

incense burned and heavy rose

drapes wrung the romance

out of ghosts. she'd never

seen so much jewelry on

so few fingers, such lovely

long mocha hands, nails

lacquered in bronze, blinded

the child with visions of

opal amber & jade, her

semi-straight hair wrapped

in stylish turbans, cobra-thick

braid snaking halfway

down her back, full-chested

& bristling with all-knowing

“your paternal grandmother was a seer,” said the Gypsy,

“and you have her eyes.”

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