Afro-Seattleite Fragment #6: Prayer in the Mode of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Posse on Broadway," or South End Kid Returns To Capitol Hill Six Years After Graduating High School by Malcolm Friend

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #6: Prayer in the Mode of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Posse on Broadway," or South End Kid Returns To Capitol Hill Six Years After Graduating High School by Malcolm Friend

Let no sucka crews try to test me / today. /

These muscles are still tense / from crossing my arms / all those years ago / when I wanted to swing them.

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Quill by Alia Hussain Vancrown

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Sparrows become rainclouds / in the crumbling, granite birdbath. / The tombs of my ancestors collapse / the way calligraphy cracks: a spine / out of alignment.

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