Blacks & Blues

(or how lies become true)

You tell me
keep singing the blues

You tell me
what notes to use

You say
no one sings it like me

Then you say
I’m singing off key

Candace Habte is a most-of-the-time-writer and sometimes-artist from Maryland. Her writing has been featured in The Liberator and Blackberry magazines. She is the editor of Theories of HER, an experimental anthology which features and celebrates women from all walks of life.