Poetry + Spoken Word

Pillow-Talking Regrets

Closely listen and read with me as I process these jagged jigsaw pieces of a man.

3 min readJan 27

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“ . . . I listened to every word . . . ” | Photo by Kelsey Ogbewe

Kelsey Ogbewe

Written by Kelsey Ogbewe

Poet | Essayist | Artist “You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself…” — Wangari Maathai #WEOC

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