New names

What can I call you
Hard men
With soft centers?
Your command
Over anger
Fascinates me
You truths
Part mine

10,000 hours
I thought
I wrote
I prepared

“Make the money-don’t let the money make you – change the game-don’t let the game change you.”*
“All my people stay true.”

All those grey spaces
You filled me
Each Briefing Note
A rhythm, rap
Fueled by an anger
Too new to name

This morning
Your name appears

NanaBjörn

A little bit Nanabush
A little bit bear
A little bit Nana
Who taught me letters
A little bit Métis
Who taught me angry
Braided with wisdom
Strategy
And knowledge
Can be embraced and not destroy

Pehiw W2022
*From “Make the Money” Mackelmore/Ryan Lewis Album “Heist” 2012