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Coco(nut)

Play Audio By Mahogany L. Browne ShareBeside the tree Beside the chair Beside the house Beside the pit Beside the tree stump Coco say don’t climb / so I don’t / I sit & stare — my skin coming dark and burnt They say: tire I say: brown They say: Black Black can’t take back! & I don’t I learnt to not ask where I’m from I learn to listen, then not I’m too scared they gone tell me the things about myself               I done already buried in the dark Beside the tree  Beside the chair     Beside the house    Beside the pit Beside the tree stump         I sit       I sit        I sit        ’til no one even know I’m (t)here Source: Poetry (June 2017) Share This Poem Appears In Read Issue Subscribe to Poetry This Poem Appears In View Issue RelatedBrowse byAuthor

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  Poetry Magazine Weekly Podcast for June 19, 2017: Mahogany L. Browne Reads Two Poems

  The editors discuss Mahogany L. Browne's "Coco(nut)" and "Marigold" from the June 2017 issue of Poetry. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here. Listen now

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