Reblogged from Davey D's Hip Hop Corner:
As Frank Ocean steps up and talks about being a bi-sexual, all sorts of folks are reacting and proving that no matter what folks say or think, there is still a fascination with the sexual preference of those who entertain us... On one level we can unpack that and ask whats really going here? It's not like gay folks haven't been around..
burrowing time
surprise to realize
a forgiven me
wanderings about last things
found lost things
a weight in me
write it down
draw on what’s left
sense the beginning
ink same cross
coarse my heart
ruin jump me
the and sir
drizzled pane
window to me
(i need silver / the going to the flea market, viewing, not paying more than fifteen dollars for a rang feeling/ finding cheap polish to top my finger nails/ i need silver/ for the pain i can describe or hide/ to and from myself)
In 1916 four women--who were formely enslaved--gathered at a reunion in Washington, DC. All were centenarians. Annie Parram, 104; Anna Angales, 105; Elizabeth Berkeley, 125; and Sadie Thompson 110. From the Library of Congress. — at Washington, DC.
Original caption: Paul Robeson and Princess Kouka, who left her home in the Sudan to make films, left Victoria Station in London for North Africa to start work on the Capitol film, Jericho. Henry Wilcoxon is another film actor, who is to join them out there. Paul Robeson and Princess Kouka are shown on departure from Victoria, London. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS © Corbis. All Rights Reserved
