Seventy States
Solange Knowles Ferguson - 2017
MANIFESTO ~
Seventy States
I mourned. I grieved. I raged. I feared. I felt triumph.
I often thought of their laughter amongst troubled waters and painful hardships; their ability to transform.
I studied the way they spoke over the line, and tried to sketch their faces and trace the windows of their car doors and homes in my mind.
I was often wrong.
walk in your ways so you won’t crumble
2 ~ Weary
I’m going look for my body yeah
I’ll be back real soon
I’ll be back real soon
~ Cranes In The Sky
I tried to drink it away
I tried to put one in the air
I tried to dance it away
I tried to change it with my hair
I ran my credit card up
thought a new dress would make it better
I tried to work it away
but that just made me even sadder
I tried to keep myself busy
I ran around in circles
I read it away
think I made myself dizzy
I slept it away, i sexed it away
mad
that has
shown
me
the
other
side.
but
I
didn’t
want
to
build
the land
that
has
fed
you
your
whole
life
UNTITLED 1
when I get home the house is clean
the sheets are spotless
the roof is steady
when I leave there are stains everywhere
rouge. blood. blush. sweat. olive oil. hash.
when I get home there is not a sound.
i empty my bladder and go to bed.
when I wake up, there are echoes of my name everywhere.
he is brave. he is kind. he is his only friend.
A LISTENER.
I YAP.
A LISTENER.
I YAP.
I yell in monotone cries. i shuffle.
I dance in wild butterfly strokes with no grace.
I storm.
AND STAIN.
All my niggas in the whole wide world
your love is kind , but your love ain’t blind
your world is kind, but your world ain’t blind
MANIFESTO ~
Seventy States
I mourned. I grieved. I raged. I feared. I felt triumph.
I often thought of their laughter amongst troubled waters and painful hardships; their ability to transform.
I studied the way they spoke over the line, and tried to sketch their faces and trace the windows of their car doors and homes in my mind.
I was often wrong.
walk in your ways so you won’t crumble
2 ~ Weary
I’m going look for my body yeah
I’ll be back real soon
I’ll be back real soon
~ Cranes In The Sky
I tried to drink it away
I tried to put one in the air
I tried to dance it away
I tried to change it with my hair
I ran my credit card up
thought a new dress would make it better
I tried to work it away
but that just made me even sadder
I tried to keep myself busy
I ran around in circles
I read it away
think I made myself dizzy
I slept it away, i sexed it away
that has
shown
me
the
other
side.
but
I
didn’t
want
to
build
the land
that
has
fed
you
your
whole
life
UNTITLED 1
when I get home the house is clean
the sheets are spotless
the roof is steady
when I leave there are stains everywhere
rouge. blood. blush. sweat. olive oil. hash.
when I get home there is not a sound.
i empty my bladder and go to bed.
when I wake up, there are echoes of my name everywhere.
he is brave. he is kind. he is his only friend.
A LISTENER.
I YAP.
A LISTENER.
I YAP.
I yell in monotone cries. i shuffle.
I dance in wild butterfly strokes with no grace.
I storm.
AND STAIN.
your love is kind , but your love ain’t blind
your world is kind, but your world ain’t blind