Black Girl Magic

Precious Okoyomon

They don’t know what to do with me .. i am fat and black and queer

When was the assertion of blackness anything other than an interrogation.  

I was born. I was a child. I learned and did things.i loved. had those who loved me. I felt
alone. ( theory on self-abolition)  They gave me a muzzle. I asked to be abstracted. 
Loving to disappear. I fell in love with everyone_ peeking over temples_  Shoo shoo
i want to be free.

She moves freely through the black velvet curtain  .. loving every little lovely
thing_heavy air_  _Black will make u_Black will unmake you_

 She seems to know her actions are rational and she walks with grace and assertion

 Blackness doesn’t move it stay still holding steadfast she is abstracting comfort to
reinforce the idea that she is not a magical negro_ she can break_ she breaks_angel
eyes_delicate weight_othered in a space steady _ held fast_ suffering is not
existence_the blackness of blackness the fucked up_in/visibility of whiteness_find the
self then kill it ///  new sainthood nappy headed nigger child_ patron saint of the ashy
black barbie_nubian princess nigress_ zoomorphic angelic beings singing in midnight
sugar storms__shoo shoo i want to be free

 


Precious Okoyomon is a Brooklyn based poet and artist. She is the author of Ajebota (Bottlecap Press, 2016). Her writing has been performed and exhibited at the Baltic Triennial in Lithuania, the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, Exo Exo in Paris, and MoMA PS1 in New York. Her writing has been published in HobartFanzineNew York Tyrant, and elsewhere.  She loves her sweet toy poodle rainbow and is a Leo that is very low key evil. She’s currently working on a book or two.