To the man at the bus stop wearing the shirt that says “God is a Black Woman”

By SJ Walker
www.watermelaninmag.com

Photo by Cayo Ferreira c/o nappy.co

Satan was kicked out of heaven
​Because he asked God to smile
One time too many.
Slipped his hand on her thigh on the bus
When they hit a pothole.
Sang praises of her name,
Just to curse her lack of response.
He fell to his knees, slashed her ankles,
Offered to carry the world for her,
Just to make it his.

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SJ Walker

SJ WALKER is a writer and photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Her works focus on the experiences of Black women in the south and growing up multiracial. ​