Still

I.

I am the hope & dream of a slave

slave a of dream & hope the am I

am the hope & dream of a slave

a of dream & hope the am I am

the hope & dream of a slave a of

dream & hope the am I slave a

of dream & hope the I am the hope

& dream of a slave am the hope &

dream of a slave of dream & hope the

am hope & dream of slave of dream

& hope the hope & dream of a slave

a of dream & hope & dream &

hope & dream & hope & dream

& ream & hope & ream & hope

& scream & hope & scream & hope

& seam & rope & seam & rope &

seam & trope & seam & trope &

scream rape scream rope scream trope

scream throat scream throat scream throat

cream throat cream throat cream trope

ream rote ream rote ream rote ream rote

screen rope screen rope screen rope

screen hope scream hope scream hopes

cream hope & ream & drema & slave

of a dream & a hope the dream & slave

of a hope of a dream & hope of a I

the dream slave a of hope the the the

a slave slave slave a salve salve salve

am pope slalve ream rope valve the a

dream slave of I the ream slave & hope

the of hope I am & slave of am I dream

slave & of the tram & dope of rope dream

Author note: This poem is developed from a live performance of “Still.” This is not an exact transcript nor an exact translation of the performance. It is merely one possible transcript or translation of this live poem. I imagine there can be infinite translations onto various mediums.