Poem
By Nick Makoha
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Poetry & Visual Arts
Poems in conversation with other art forms, such as painting, photography, sculpture, video, and architecture.
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preface:
1. He reminded me of the character Willis Jackson from the TV show Diff’rent Strokes. This prompted me to reimagine a dark narrative of a Willis who would be bullied for having all of blk Harlem caked on him inside... 