Raising Cane and Backwater Graffiti by Tammy Brown

Author:Tammy Brown [Brown, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, State & Local, South (AL; AR; FL; GA; KY; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; VA; WV), Political Science, General, Poetry
ISBN: 9781469607399
Google: gZtV5EwiUkwC
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-09-01T16:03:38+00:00

Backwater Graffiti

what’s my name? “L” sometimes lula sometimes belle

some times lulabelle i scratch L’s on sandstone bark

black bottom of syrup boiled vats in lost love holiness

l o n e some

i crack twig-rich puddles like sunburnt bones

tread mud-covered leaves skip pebbles over icy silver i build

L’s out of licorice root and lilac

i steal lace to look like a lady

sometimes i’m holy

sometimes i’m wholey sinning

i call on the lord i laugh through lashings i be the lord i

like to sing:

Nobody Knows

i butterfly i honeysuckle i eel— scaleless

slither in liquid lightning i cane liquor— memory still licked from

the rim i am i am the “L” carved on my left calf by my Ma to

recall me.

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