I
WE brought her over
from Africa
In the (intolerable)
holds of slave ships
(fast-forward)
She is STILL a QUEEN,
in her jazzy,
Regal
and colorful
Rags,
Rolling her
elegant Luis Vuitton
Suitcase
behind her,
“ON
the
streets”
of Seattle,
Mumbling Royal
Curses
Jokes
and blessings,
to ME,
Her friend
(…AND, perhaps,
to her GOD…) ...