(Originally published online at Second Chance Lit, April 2021)
Why She Wears Black “Women who wear black lead colorful lives.” — Neiman Marcus She looks good in black. Or maybe, she was a witch in another life. Not the one who vexed Dorothy, nor the one who saved her, nor the kind who poisoned pretty princesses, nor ate babies, but the kind who delivered them, who kept mothers from bleeding out their lives with the after birth, who knew the herbs and plants and trees that save neighbors from fever and plague, whose ability to ease pain, to cure, so frightened men of small minds and great power they cowered from her touch and lit a fire, cauterized her healer’s heart and she, being a witch, did not die but returned to wear her charred remains as proud drapery, or maybe, she just looks good in black. -Robin Mullet |
Displayed for the public on truck trailers as part of an art display in early 2021 Mantra 2020 Stay safe Stay well Stay six feet apart but Stay connected (put your hand to the screen and touch me) Stay engaged (make “good trouble”) Stay informed (bless the truth sayers) Stay optimistic Stay smart Stay whole (stay sane, stay sane, stay sane) Stay alive Stay alive (for all that’s holy, my beloveds) Stay alive Stay loved Stay safe -Robin Mullet |