ancestral vibes
By Deborah LeFalle
(after Lucille Clifton's "africa")
when i hear rhythms from home
joy wells up in my blood and oh
i say "take me there," home
where ancestors trod the
earth, and from the depths of my soul
i am energized by drumbeats of
the continent—my people, your
people, treasure of variety
wellspring where all
humanity began, mothers and fathers of
our existence, homage is theirs, and as my
body's spirited bones
move in syncopation i remember
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