Low ceiling, I squeeze among the crowd in the route taxi
Sweating, panting
barely to breathe freely
Hurry, hurry, hurry
Can't wait to get out of the taxi,
Feel the soil beneath my feet again
I look at what people are doing with their private time on the taxi minivan
van stops
Young couple try french kiss but an old lady with the Bible locks the window coldly
She reads out the verse over and over no fornication!
Whoa, merciless
An Indian toddler crawls to a Black single mother with a Black child boy
All the sudden, an Indian father snatches his baby out of the Black boy’s hug
Then sneers at them; “You nigga”
The little boy cries, her mom consoles him closely
An old man sings jovially to cheer the little Black boy and the Indian baby.
Three teenagers join in the choir; mock at him
“His grandson fetched his false teeth into the toilet, his hair loss from grumpiness.
My adorable grumpy grandpa! Ha Ha”
The old man lowers his head sadly; heartbreaking…
A White man blows in my ears
I turn and see him
He licks his lips lasciviously
I lower my eyebrows in an angry fit
He crosses his eyes and calls me retarded
Big butch woman tries to get on the van but is kicked out by a man driver
Pushes her out
she falls and hits on the road
Bloodshed; sobs in grief
People crowd her, steal her wallet, her clothes,
Pull her gold teeth out
she is naked
they call her, “You fat dyke tramp”
Heart races, my hands shake, stomach tightens
FEAR
I unlock the door immediately, jump out
people become crabs inside the van, they push each another down
I approach Amerindian elder;
see a black cauldron
he smiles gracefully…
he hands me a small bowl of pepperpot; I eat it with respect
I bow slightly
Enter the Amazon forest wow…there are a lot of lanterns hanging among branches walk, walk, walk
A big turtle stomps on scoops me on her back and carries me to an enchanted city on the cliff a big sloth says… “There is no ceiling in the sky, nothing to block you you can be anything you want to be shining, these stars will rejoice with you go and fly like these birds
Free people!
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