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"CHRISTMAS ON THE NILE"
(*A poem about Kola's mother)

She is mighty-mighty
(and I remember her)

I remember her toes
piercing the bloody Nile; the
glimpse of leg
beneath wool

I remember her blackness
--so sheer and deep like the
slippery hue of a charcoal panther

beauty abstract and beguiling.

I remember the roundness of her face,
the diamonds in her eyes...and the
merriment of a hair like
wool: salt-jagged and knotty.

On Jesus birthday; I remember
the Holy/unforgettable