Tuesday Poem: Afastina by Grace Teuila Evelyn Taylor



for Selina & Tusiata

Hey Afakasi
can your palangi hands do the brown siva?
can you Samoa siva a show and tell?
Island Monarchs
rebirth a longing for butterfly belongings
I used to hide unknown in their shame

Awkward siva
is my show and tell
I inherited this landscape of cultural monarchs
they whisper stories of missed belongings
white is my shame
for I am, Afakasi

Can you tell?
bowing to

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