![]() ![]() ![]() As an adult I was also very aware that the bodies of Pharaohs were on display, but not European kings/ queens. I wanted to inspect if time had anything to do with the wishes of the deceased and the line between research and ritual. Two years ago, I had the same thought at a museum and started drafting this poem on my phone. While walking through the museum I became very upset I did not understand why so many human bodies were on display and why they were so far away from where they died. My parents took us to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA. The seeds for the poem “Desecrate” were actually planted when I was 13 or 14. The collection examines being a minority in The United States and how simply living is an act of protest. “Southern Gothic (For the Black Boy)” & “Desecrate” are both from a poetry collection I am working on tentatively called, Thick With Trouble. Notes on "Southern Gothic (For the Black Boy)" and "Desecrate" ![]()
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