seat 021: chosen

(blackout poem; source: “Closing: The Chosen Ones” by Solange feat. Master P from ‘A Seat at
the Table’)

my life complete / knowing /          a higher being / a power / knowing / people
done / paved they way. / great-great-grandfathers / grandmothers / came here /    found some

way / to make          rhythm.
we come /    slaves /    we go out /    royalty.          we are /    the chosen ones

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by Afieya Kipp

Afieya “Fi” Kipp (they/them/he/him) is a trans artist and poet from Northern New Jersey. They received their MA in Poetry from Southern New Hampshire University and a BFA with distinction in Painting from Kean University.

Fi’s work can be found or is forthcoming in Badlands Literary Journal, Okay Donkey Mag, The Bombay Gin, Milk Press and elsewhere.