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Mary Mba (Ph.D.) A Lament for the Stolen Sacred They came with ships and sermons,crosses in one hand,guns in the other.They found altars we had made from stone and spirit,and called them blasphemy. They did not bow.They did not ask.They took. What they called idolswere our elders in wood.Our prayers in bronze.Our wisdom braided into clay.…
Sisyphus in Heaven: Revolt, Eternity, and the Divine Dilemma
Mary Mba (Ph.D) The Conversation Last night, my son Ude and I found ourselves in a spirited conversation about immortality. His philosophy class had just discussed Socrates—calmly facing his death, curious rather than afraid. Would it be oblivion? Or a new life? We paused, weighing the gravity of those possibilities. But then our conversation took…
Ode to Camp, or: I Died in Couture and Came Back in Sequins(A Poem in Heels)
Mary Mba (Ph.D) Darling,I was born in a wig and reborn in rhinestones.When the doctor slapped me, I said,“Not the face.” I am Camp.Not a style,But a resurrection. I paint my lips with irony,Contour my cheekbones with pastiche,My eyeliner so sharp it cuts through heteronormativity.I don’t cry—I glitter. I’m the chandelier at a funeral.The swan…