[Dedicated to Alice Walker & my gurl Alyce]
And now I know
That my p*ssy is purple
Cos' Alice Walker
Said it was so
Us
Women
Sat down
On the edge
Of the bed
One day
Celie
Shug Avery
Alyce
And me
Us
Spoke
While
Alice Walker
Took the notes
Celie
Held my hand
Timidly
And
Shug Avery
Threw her head back
And laughed sexy
Alongside Alyce
Us
Women
Talked about
The true color of p*ssy
That day
Well...
They talked
Celie and me
We mostly
Just listened
Although
I did tell them
That I shaved
My p*ssy once
Not for the first time
But that last time
With meaning
Cos'
I wanted to
Take a good look
At my P*ssy's face
And
Run my fingers
Across the smooth
Memories
Of her early beginnings
That's when
They handed the mirror
To Celie and me
And
Told
Us
Two
To look inside
The Purple P*ssy Place
And
Jus then
The cotton bed sheets
Began to change
And
Inside the mirror
Celie and me
Became
Soft
Silk
Satin
And lace
Us saw...
The miracle of p*ssy's reflection
In there
Us saw....
P*ssy wearing a
Royal Purple Crown....
Purple.....Generations
Purple.....Revelations
Purple.....Black
Purple.....Strong
Purple.....Negro Spiritual Songs
Us saw...
Purple.....Revolutions
Purple.....Human Rights and Constitutions
Purple.....Emancipations
Purple.....Proclamations and Declarations
Of Independence for p*ssies everywhere
To vote and to be free
Us saw...
Purple.....Black mamas
Purple.....Black babies and the white babies
Black mamas helped to take care of
Purple.....Broken Black Families
Struggling to keep one good color
When the confusion of rainbow is everywhere
Us saw
Inside of me
Purple.....Beginnings
Purple.....Endings
And
In the middle
Purple.....Eggs waiting
To assume their rightful place
To bring birth to more
Purple....Purple....Purple....
Purple....Black.....P*ssies....
All over again
And I know
That my p*ssy is purple
Cos' the mirror
Says that it is so
And
Us
Women
Sat down
On the edge
Of the bed
One day
While
Alice Walker
Took the notes
*Vagina Chronicles*
Hunter
All Rights Reserved
And now I know
That my p*ssy is purple
Cos' Alice Walker
Said it was so
Us
Women
Sat down
On the edge
Of the bed
One day
Celie
Shug Avery
Alyce
And me
Us
Spoke
While
Alice Walker
Took the notes
Celie
Held my hand
Timidly
And
Shug Avery
Threw her head back
And laughed sexy
Alongside Alyce
Us
Women
Talked about
The true color of p*ssy
That day
Well...
They talked
Celie and me
We mostly
Just listened
Although
I did tell them
That I shaved
My p*ssy once
Not for the first time
But that last time
With meaning
Cos'
I wanted to
Take a good look
At my P*ssy's face
And
Run my fingers
Across the smooth
Memories
Of her early beginnings
That's when
They handed the mirror
To Celie and me
And
Told
Us
Two
To look inside
The Purple P*ssy Place
And
Jus then
The cotton bed sheets
Began to change
And
Inside the mirror
Celie and me
Became
Soft
Silk
Satin
And lace
Us saw...
The miracle of p*ssy's reflection
In there
Us saw....
P*ssy wearing a
Royal Purple Crown....
Purple.....Generations
Purple.....Revelations
Purple.....Black
Purple.....Strong
Purple.....Negro Spiritual Songs
Us saw...
Purple.....Revolutions
Purple.....Human Rights and Constitutions
Purple.....Emancipations
Purple.....Proclamations and Declarations
Of Independence for p*ssies everywhere
To vote and to be free
Us saw...
Purple.....Black mamas
Purple.....Black babies and the white babies
Black mamas helped to take care of
Purple.....Broken Black Families
Struggling to keep one good color
When the confusion of rainbow is everywhere
Us saw
Inside of me
Purple.....Beginnings
Purple.....Endings
And
In the middle
Purple.....Eggs waiting
To assume their rightful place
To bring birth to more
Purple....Purple....Purple....
Purple....Black.....P*ssies....
All over again
And I know
That my p*ssy is purple
Cos' the mirror
Says that it is so
And
Us
Women
Sat down
On the edge
Of the bed
One day
While
Alice Walker
Took the notes
*Vagina Chronicles*
Hunter
All Rights Reserved