impulse to nurse

impulse to nurse

I felt it when they faced me

from across the table speaking

foolishness with all sincerity.

their lips part to say kind things to my black face

like

i ain’t a model of the universe-

like we are not the universe

talking to itself.

that feeling I had

when my baby needed me.

110% percentile and

she needed to me.. .

“they need me”

because they don’t know,

can’t know.

they must not know —

who am i to be responsible for them who have got

yet cannot be concerned about myself.

I felt it when they faced me from across the table speaking foolishness with all sincerity. Their lips part to say kind things to my black face like i ain't a model of the universe-like we were not the universe talking to itself.

That feeling I had when my fat baby needed me.  110% percentile but she needed to me..

They need me because they dont know, cant know.

Who am i to feel responsible for those who have got yet cannot be concerned about myself.