AMOJA SUMLER
Furiosa’s Forebear
I found her. Clearly
my legacy remains.
The world that was was never made for us.
Become the unmaking.
Breaker of building breed – be sand to their comings and goings.
Judgment Day arrived a flashing lick of the Fury’s lash.
She chose you. The machine’s muscle means nothing in the face
of our goddess engine. Make them anew
world. I am the chronicler. Destroyers do it too
I am the Connor that lived. A spite to the great coming’s persistence.
Free us. Ceasage of war tastes of love. They’d fondle
an Apocalypse in the right skirt. War is deception.
We are the becoming – a proto gesserit. Blessed are the makers.
I found her. Clearly
my legacy remains.
The world that was was never made for us.
Become the unmaking.
Breaker of building breed – be sand to their comings and goings.
Judgment Day arrived a flashing lick of the Fury’s lash.
She chose you. The machine’s muscle means nothing in the face
of our goddess engine. Make them anew
world. I am the chronicler. Destroyers do it too
I am the Connor that lived. A spite to the great coming’s persistence.
Free us. Ceasage of war tastes of love. They’d fondle
an Apocalypse in the right skirt. War is deception.
We are the becoming – a proto gesserit. Blessed are the makers.
Amoja Sumler is a nationally celebrated poet, essayist and one of the preeminent emerging voices of leftist intersectional social advocacy. From his essay’s discussing the role of law enforcement to the value of capitalism he is best known for fusing the art of the intellectual into the familiar. Amoja has headlined poetry festivals such as the Austin International Poetry Festival, the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival, Write NOLA in New Orleans and Rock the Republic in Texas. As a resident artist of several southern Arts in Education rosters, Amoja lectures at schools and literacy nonprofits, while teaching creative pedagogy and keynoting at social advocacy conferences like Long Beach Indie Film Pedagogy Conference and Furious Flower, throughout the nation.