Throw-Back Thursday – Toi Derricotte

Toi Derricotte, “a voice”

from Pleiades 24.2

there was a reason she let herself get beat up
there was a reason she had men beat her up before she sang
so she could sound like she was beat up
there was a reason we liked that sound
there was a reason she knew we liked that sound
there was a reason she wanted to be liked
there was a reason she and i spoke the same language
there was a reason i wanted to sound like her