On View: Because I come from the earth’s inside
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space 88 Essex Street, no. 21, New YorkCoal (excerpt) Audre Lorde I Is the total black, being spoken From the earth’s inside. There are many kinds of open. How a diamond comes into a knot of flame How a sound comes into a word, coloured By who pays what for speaking. … I am black because I come from the earth’s inside …