Zong! #24

evidence

is
sustenance
is
support
is
the law

the ship

is
the captain
is
the crew

perils

is 
the trial 
is 
the rains 
is 
the seas 
is 
the currents

jamaica

is 
tobago 
is 
islands

the case

is

       murder

___________________

Kenyatta Mesi Nayo Yooku  Ngena
 

is
justice

africa

is
the ground
is
negroes

           evidence is

sustenance is    
support is    
the law is    
the ship is    
the captain is    
the crew is    
perils is    
the trial is    
the rains is    
the seas is    
currents is    
jamaica is    
tobago is    
islands is    
the case is    
murder is    
justice is    
the ground is    
africa is    


negroes

was

___________________ 
Oluyemi  Esugbayi  Adubifa  Ogunlesi  Akua

Copyright Credit: M. NourbeSe Philip, "Zong #24" from Zong!.  Copyright © 2024 by M. NourbeSe Philip. Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press, www.graywolfpress.org.
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