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You hum tunes radio gossip, moonward As talking denudes art and nuance my dreams meteors scout a dance floor singeing faded blue jeans You hum tunes, salt on cooked egg. You Hum Tunes Okoroafor Chibuzor Saraba | Issue 13 | Africa 54
A Beautiful Mind Lara Daniels I was the black girl dancing in the village square. Yes, the naked, black girl dancing in the village square. Did you see me yesterday? Did you at least hear about me? I was the black girl dancing in the village square. Yes, the naked, black girl dancing in the village square. I don‘t know how it started, but one moment, I was so sad that I thought to take my life. Just when I made to sink Papa‘s carving knife in my stomach, I laughed. I laughed so hard, tears streamed down my face. I tossed the knife away, tore off my clothes and ran into the square. There were no beating drums. There were no playing harmonicas. The children clapped and hopped around me. The elders raised their hands to their chins and slowly wagged their heads as they passed by. Others rolled their eyes and snarled curses. The young men were so mean. They threw dirt at me and guffawed as they did so. But I paid them no heed. I shook my arms and stamped my feet all over the dry, unyielding earth as my body oozed out sweat under the hot sun. My parents found me in the village square. They‘d been looking for me, they said. But I doubt they searched thoroughly because if they had, they would have found me, right there in the center of our village. I was tired from all that dancing, so I sat on a small rock. Mama placed her hands on her head and wept when she saw me. Papa had no words. He wouldn‘t even look at me. His lips thinned, so I knew he was angry. Ashamed, I think. But I didn‘t care. What Saraba | Issue 13 | Africa 55
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