Pretty Little Bird

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Content Warning: Sexual Violence

Caged

Pretty little bird,

I adore your coiled feathers.

Watch, my pretty little girl.

Look into the mirror and

Witness the matte patches of

Your black and blue eye shadow

Gnawing at your sweet tender flesh.

Feel the warmth of your eyes blushing

With bulges of bloodshot leaking

From the skies. This is paradise,

Your dream come through.

Look at me pretty little girl

Dangling above our bed chambers.

Stare at me as the black satin sheets

Graze the crystallized nectar of

My thick thighs as I twitch the buds

Of your lust. Inhale the octaves

Of the leather’s head pleasing flesh.

Smell the singe of your blood

Soaked, henna knotted hands.

Sway, sway, my little bird,

Ogle at me from which you hang.

See the mechanism of the world

As they bow before french tip my hands.

Tweet, tweet little bird, as if

Anyone will hear your voice.

Above the grandeur of our

Forbidden love.

That your parents forbade

To love another like their

Firstborn daughter.

But what will people say?

We’re gay. “It’s immoral,” remember?

And don’t forget you asked for this-

You came to my doorstep,

Seeking this love.

Face it, you need me, baby.

Scream all you want, no one cares

About lesbians couple next door,

No-one cares about you, except me.

Want to report me to the blue coats, Haha

What could they possibly say?

“Hmm, two bitches romping too rough.

Yeah, that’s hot.

Shall I watch it too?”

Sing for me,

My pretty little bird.

Dance, little girl,

Dance, entertain my musing

Before I get bored, or shall I

Kiss the leather onto your brown skin

And conduct tonight’s symphony again?

Didn’t I tell YOU NOT TO CALL YOUR FAMILY?

Swing, Swing - Whip, and Flick

Left and right, right and left

Dangle from the ceiling as

I punish your flesh.

Eat the red lace of thong,

As I get bored of your sounds

Swing your tempered feathers

For me, pretty little bird,

Puff your tiny chest,

God, I could have done so much better.

You with your minimal cognitive Impairment,

As if you could stand without me?

Me, your Queen’s safety.

Rest assured.

Have dinner with me,

My pretty, little girl in your

Curved steel house, that I

Have designed for little you.

Don’t turn away from me

My pretty, little bird,

Don’t you know your survival

Is in command with my

Entertainment, so entertain

The fuck out of my mind,

My dear, sweet, pretty little bird.

From the steel of my cage

I waited for you to free my soul,

But broken wings did seek

Resilience that devoured

Your temptation to discover

Pretty little things,

Didn’t it?

Until I sold your being to heaven’s

Eyes sneering in your face

As you bleed for your sin.

Quiver in the presence of my

Savagery.

Love Allways,

The caged, pretty little girl.

Gabrielle E. Mohamed

Hello. My name is Gabrielle Mohamed and I am a 27-year-old Guyanese. In June

2017, I graduated from the University of Guyana with a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in

English – Linguistics. I have a mixed passion for Literature and Linguistics. As an

emerging Creole poet, I believe that the employment of my Guyanese space is essential

to facilitate a breakdown and breakthrough process that will allow us to find our

true selves devoid of any colonial touch. Thus, my writing style attempts to capture

the continual influence of colonial and post-colonial attitudes and behaviors within

the lives of my countrymen.

As a Catholic individual, I testify that the escape from these colonial

touches is possible. My Christian faith has enabled us to establish the solid grounds

of nationhood that will not force anyone into a state of being ‘unhomed’, but allow

us to accept our fate as hybrid individuals of the Caribbean.

In addition to my literature background, I have studied various linguistics

courses that have exposed me to the wealth of knowledge that our diasporic language

scene possesses. As a language student, I have acquired a passion for our native

language, the Guyanese Creole English (G.C.E) which I make a point in integrating

into most my poems in the hopes of spreading its validity and increasing its prestige

within the eyes of my countrymen.

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