Beyond Human (Who’s That Girl?)
Mining the erotic currency encoded in their DNA The cosmic slop cam girl joined the others in a loophole of retreat A flashing field of color Leather bodies reflective in slow motion Cattle became cousins Suspended in translucent time Holes in memory Gates to maroons If trauma is a river Then take me to its mouth To overlap is the most dangerous and necessary thing to do Chaotic colors refract off metallic bodies suspended in the thick of time Where gaps in memory are spaces to breathe and Spaces to breathe invite our imagination toward the wild beyond Bouncing between grief and speculation The enclosure becomes a door The only way out is through But where to? In search of safety they found surrender The only thing more wild than your violence There, there, you stay over there while I stroke the clitoris of my non-being and mock the flatness of your imagination Media printing colonial conscription on to flesh With paw prints on her breasts Eve presented a portal
beyond human: Jackson, Z. I. (2020). Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World. New York University Press.
who’s that girl: Eve - who's that girl? (official music video). YouTube. (2009, June 16). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://youtu.be/8N9PL3Iz3xc
cosmic slop: Parliament Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop - Mothership Connection - Houston 1976. YouTube. (2010, July 23). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://youtu.be/0eR4aQrYozY
loophole of retreat: The Hugo Boss Prize 2018: Simone Leigh, Loophole of Retreat. The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hugo-boss-prize-2018
wild beyond: Harney, S., Moten, F., & Halberstam, J. (2013). The Wild Beyond: With and For the Undercommons. In The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. essay, Minor Compositions.