Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“Suck the soul out of me like bad poetry”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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“But to tell me you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot. We have two different wounds, and looking at yours does nothing to heal mine.”
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Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“Everything that we think is shining is actually burning.”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“I used the pipe to get high so my body could be numb, so my ears could be deaf, and maybe that’s what me and fans of abusive men in music have in common: we know how to tune out the abused.”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam
“Choice hasn’t been given since this country’s conception.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Keyma Flight, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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