Licking loneliness from a wafer cone Spitting sprinkles onto sidewalks I am careful not to step on cracks that will break my mother’s back. I tiptoe between acceptance and regret. Scanning the pavement for my future¬– following the breadcrumbs to Success? In the concrete I find no rose to pluck, Only boredom that sticks like gum. Digging for meaning in the dried-up dirt, I paint my toenails with crud. Beneath a peacock meowing in the tree, I plunge down into earth. Challenging breath until the sunsets I travel beneath the surface. ///////// Yacine Ndaw is a multidisciplinary artist and children's media producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Their work expands across mediums– intersecting their Turkish-Senegalese-Muslim-American identity through writing, filmmaking, jewelry design, and performance.
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