Flamingoes Blom Passive 2024
Surviving the reality of the real
we are transient enteric nervous systems
sustainably fed by the nightmare waters flooding our estuary
We're making the future
with our collective stories of exploitation and regeneration
Even when there isn't enough space in front of us when we fly
Our bodies as homelands - territories moving from the inside out
Tall trees with memories for hands and home
Here, our gestures of joy, hope, frustration and hunger
Here, our gestures of joy
Imagining lives lived and the residue of tiny particles that we can fit and form together
Afro-futures dreamt into existence
Salvaged memories, carrying and bouncing the sound in the room
Asking to be understood, but equipped with tiny fragments cutting sharp paper-cuts when unfeeling hands ignorantly attempt to touch