JBWC SHOWCASE Chapbook 2020
A digital chapbook made to commemorate the 2020 Just Buffalo Writing Center SHOWCASE featuring Angel Barber, Bushraa Choudhury, Taylor Yarns, and Zanaya Hussain. SHOWCASE was held on July 10, 2020 via ZOOM due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A digital chapbook made to commemorate the 2020 Just Buffalo Writing Center SHOWCASE featuring Angel Barber, Bushraa Choudhury, Taylor Yarns, and Zanaya Hussain. SHOWCASE was held on July 10, 2020 via ZOOM due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SCIENCE & HUMANITY
Breath in, breath out. A simple motion; pulleys, gears, and all.
A simple machine.
But when we are unable to breath what motion do we turn to?
What muscle should I move to hear the soft voice of mother
or feel the clutch of a first love?
Shoulders back, chin up to make beautiful music. To release beautiful breath.
If we want to scream you will say we are not tranquil.
But the skin over fast-paced blood cells behaving cyclically is motion.
My mind is keenly aware of manipulating these motions.
I don’t want to breathe air if it’s filthy.
I don’t want to smile if I am not happy.
Too loud to be feminine and too blunt to be sensitive is not conventionally serene.
But alas this is my equilibrium.
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