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"CHRISTMAS ON THE NILE"

(*A poem about Kola's mother)



She is mighty-mighty

(and I remember her)



I remember her toes

piercing the bloody Nile; the

glimpse of leg

beneath wool



I remember her blackness

--so sheer and deep like the

slippery hue of a charcoal panther



beauty abstract and beguiling.



I remember the roundness of her face,

the diamonds in her eyes...and the

merriment of a hair like

wool: salt-jagged and knotty.



On Jesus birthday; I remember

the Holy/unforgettable