WHAT I'VE LEARNED by Aja Monet

Aja Monet does the kind of poetry that people who don't get poetry...actually get.  Worth listening to more than once.

Race
Class
Gender
Self-Love
Interdependence

She covers it all. 

Aja Monet

Poet, Feminist, Activist

I know cloud formations

that raindrops don't fall in a teardrop shape

they originally fall in the shape of a flat oval

I don't remember where I read that

...

how to be broken and put together again

I know my arms are long

and my hands remind me of vines

I know laughter

sometimes sounds like bubble wrap

and it's my favorite part of unpacking boxes

When I smile I quint my eyes

i know men with deep diaphram laughter

and lady bugs aren't really ladies..

I know they like to follow me into subway cars

on days when I need to be reminded of magic

I know spider webs sparkle like diamonds after rainshowers

I know yestedfay is the day before tomororw

and tomrrow is an illusion where I imagine...

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