Divaign

By Jackie Shawn

This piece was written during a “Speaking Truth to Power” writing workshop facilitated by FLM for the Henderson Scholars Program at the University of Oklahoma.

How much of a disadvantage would it be? If I were to sit in my silence? You would be missing my royalty. The mind that I behold has the riches of ancestors from the dawn of this world. Caged by the consumerist system that I am in no place of power. To trace back to our roots revealing the costume of lies that we are dressed in breaking down the chemical elements of the system to explore the duality of inequality…