Hanif Abdurraqib
Conclusions and Findings
the word / panel / born from the old french / panel / meaning saddle cushion / meaning something men / sat upon in the name of being delivered / the panel gets to define fear / fear which was once pulled from the Old Norse far / which also meant deception / I would ask the panel / to consider what there is / to be said / of language / that is willing to resist itself / in the name / of evolution / the panel / would ask you to believe / that silence / is a field of arms / willing and open / for whatever rests / inside of them / the word open / I imagine / was born from the first / person to have their freedom / treated as a mistake / there is a birth for every / wound / there is a lineage from which / each man arrives / atop a gilded saddle / to offer deliverance / there is a lineage / too / of the hands / grabbing for their tongues / and saying / enough now / enough.