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