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Poetry: We love ‘Safisha’ by Dr. Haki Madhubuti
SAFISHA
1.
our joining into one proceeded like
sand through a needle’s eye.
slow, bursting for enlargement & uncertainty.
a smoothing of passion and ideas
into spirited permanence and love.
there...