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Tohunga<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tayi Tibble <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visionary like my ancestors I \/ saw a sky of whales \/ a pale people \/ like my ancestors I \/ inhaled the bible \/ swallowed the rifle like \/ an 8 inch cock \/ whateva. \/ Like Donna Summer I swirled \/ in a floor length dress \/ said I love to love \/ I love to fuck \/ but just like my ancestors knew \/ to you I was a savage wild jasmine \/ a$$ out \/ blacked out \/ with dollar signs \/ feline like a bengal tiger and it\u2019s true \/ that anyone on their hands and knees \/ is essentially a praying animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radical like my ancestors I \/ saw the flower child \/ the wasted liberals \/ and my prehistoric \/ flare wearing prince \/ and like my ancestors I \/ kissed and kissed and kissed \/ and tasted \/ an entire lifetime of taking advantage and \/ being aware of it. \/ So at least \/ when my dress hits the floor \/ like molting bark \/ your eyes follow \/ and I can interpret \/ your fixation as shame. \/ Are you sorry? \/ And what does that say about me \/ if I think even a suggestion \/ of an apology is sexy? So like \/ my ancestors I \/ sculpt you from the dirt until you rise I \/ make you meet my eye \/ then suck you all up \/ with a slurp like a kina. \/ That\u2019s Te Hei Mauri Ora. \/ Just like Papatuanuku \/ I breathe life \/ which is why my mother tongue spits praises despite \/ it\u2019s history of whippings \/ I say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

good on you babe. \/ You got what you wanted. \/ The juicy earth \/ the factoried women \/ the rivers \/ the mountains \/ all bowing for you. \/ I\u2019m proud of you \/ the way you erected \/ monuments in your image \/ so foreign so \/ violently unimagined \/ just like my ancestors I \/ couldn\u2019t even have even dreamed it. \/ Pou after pou \/ of grey and glass \/ cracking the sky and the sky \/ was full of whales. \/ Wow I say \/ good on you babe \/ then I spread \/ my hair all over the hotel pillow \/ because I love a winner. And you \/ hit the jackpot with me \/ with all us silly girls \/ for believing you were god \/ for as long as we did. \/ But now \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the atmosphere is betraying you \/ and you are reddening in places \/ where I can bare it. \/ A warrior \/ like my ancestors I survived \/ annihilation. And the awa \/ that run beneath my skin \/ have not been lapped dry \/ just yet \/ and you can see it all \/ the unpanned gold \/ the wild pounamu \/ the thrashing tuna \/ family jewels \/ you can never have \/ taonga \/ you can never taste \/ forbidden fruits \/ reserved for me \/ are you afraid again? \/ like you were of Eve? \/ the world \/ is getting unbearably hot \/ but so am I \/ and so is she.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tohunga Tayi Tibble Visionary like my ancestors I \/ saw a sky of whales \/ a pale people \/ like my ancestors I \/ inhaled the bible \/ swallowed the rifle like \/ an 8 inch cock \/ whateva. \/ Like Donna Summer I swirled \/ in a floor length dress \/ said I love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[34,32],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature","tag-criminal","tag-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jspork.hamiltonlits.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}