“His fingers painted my skin with ruby red patterns of desire. In Keahi’s kiss I could taste the red burn of chili encrusted in the rich sweetness of melted chocolate. I breathed in his scent and it spoke to me of vanilla. The ink of my malu tattoo began to burn, searing markings of fiery joy.”
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“I ate mythology & dreamt' - Yusef Komunyakaa (Blackberries)”
“Lesson Number One in controlling a man: find his weakness. Every man had one.”
“Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?”
“The mythology of freedom under capitalism for the average person is a con job.”