{"id":98310,"date":"2016-06-04T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/04\/gattacats-carrie-mae-wees-from-here-i-saw\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T03:28:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T03:28:05","slug":"gattacats-carrie-mae-wees-from-here-i-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/04\/gattacats-carrie-mae-wees-from-here-i-saw\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-98310 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/04\/gattacats-carrie-mae-wees-from-here-i-saw\/attachment\/98311\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho9_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho9_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/04\/gattacats-carrie-mae-wees-from-here-i-saw\/attachment\/98320\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho10_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho10_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tumblr_nezz3iSSxU1rvtpxho10_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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[<a href=\"http:\/\/carriemaeweems.net\/galleries\/from-here.html\" target=\"_blank\">x<\/a>]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>FROM HERE I SAW WHAT HAPPENED<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECOME A SCIENTIFIC PROFILE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A NEGROID TYPE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEBATE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&amp; A PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME MAMMIE, MAMA, MOTHER &amp; THEN, YES, CONFIDANT &#8211; HA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DESCENDING THE THRONE YOU BECAME FOOT SOLDIER &amp; COOK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME UNCLE TOM JOHN &amp; CLEMENS\u2019 JIM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DRIVERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>RIDERS &amp; MEN OF LETTERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME A WHISPER A SYMBOL OF A MIGHTY VOYAGE &amp; BY THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW YOU LABOURED FOR SELF FAMILY &amp; OTHERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>FOR YOUR NAMES YOU TOOK HOPE &amp; HUMBLE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BLACK AND TANNED YOUR WHIPPED WIND OF CHANGE HOWLED LOW BLOWING ITSELF &#8211; HA &#8211; SMACK INTO THE MIDDLE OF ELLINGTON\u2019S ORCHESTRA BILLIE HEARD IT TOO &amp; CRIED STRANGE FRUIT TEARS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BORN WITH A VEIL YOU BECAME ROOT WORKER JUJU MAMA VOODOO QUEEN HOODOO DOCTOR<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>SOME SAID YOU WERE THE SPITTING IMAGE OF EVIL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME PLAYMATE TO THE PATRIARCH<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>AND THEIR DAUGHTER<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME AN ACCOMPLICE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>OUT OF DEEP RIVERS MIXED-MATCHED MULATTOS A VARIETY OF TYPES MIND YOU &#8211; HA SPRANG UP EVERYWHERE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOUR RESISTANCE WAS FOUND IN THE FOOD YOU PLACED ON THE MASTER\u2019S TABLE &#8211; HA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME THE JOKER\u2019S JOKE &amp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>ANYTHING BUT WHAT YOU WERE HA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>SOME LAUGHED LONG &amp; HARD &amp; LOUD<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>OTHERS SAID \u201cONLY THING A NIGGAH COULD DO WAS SHINE MY SHOES\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YOU BECAME BOOTS, SPADES &amp; COONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>RESTLESS AFTER THE LONGEST WINTER YOU MARCHED &amp; MARCHED &amp; MARCHED<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>IN YOUR SING SONG PRAYER YOU ASKED DIDN\u2019T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>AND I CRIED<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gattacats: Carrie Mae Wees, From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, 1995-1996. 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