Prologue:

What follows is [an excerpt of] a narrative poem comprised solely and entirely of the titles, catalog entries, or exhibit descriptions of Western art objects in which a black female figure…

COINCIDENCES

i would not be

i would not be had i not not i i too but not even at all if.

i would not be only not i i too i would not be. i am because. i am i too i because if.

i would not be if my mother…