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Black mirror

Meaning progresses through contested stages.

By Richard AbbottPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
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Black mirror
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Carbon black

Lamp black

Jet Black

Oak gall black

Black virgin

St Sarah

Black Mother

Kali Ma

Pharoah’s daughter

Prester John

Ludovico il Moro

Dido Belle

Black loam

Black book

Black opps

Black heart

Black 1., black 2., black 3., black 4.

Black 5., black 6., black 7., black 8.

Black 9., black 10., black 11., black 12.

Black 13.

1. Nigra sum sed pulchra

2. Am I not a man and a brother?

3. for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf (Shange)

4. Music of black origin

5. Black gold

6. Black lace

7. Black diamond

8. Black pearl

9. Black letter

10. No light without dark

11. Were all stars to disappear and die, I should learn to look at an empty sky and feel the total dark sublime. (Auden)

12. The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendos, The blackbird whistling Or just after (Stevens)

13. …

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Richard Abbott

Lockdown and redundancy have been my Muses. And these are the wild-haired writings that have fled the compound into the night.

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