Stars brights as flashing moons.
Wind shipping cold hard as whip clouds blocking obscuring
a full moon sight.
Feet flying as fast as a doves heart.
Hair braided cut tight and firm.
Sweat pouring from every pore as porcupine skin.
Rags flapping as a jersey light against a frame thin frail.
Air in lungs crashing against walls of stone.
Josefina Josefina called voices harsh cold whipped autocratic slashed
black night fast.
Feverish dazed screamed Josefina's soul rebelled faster faster she ran
bushes tearing grasping.
Duck duck evade snare aplenty abound wide far sear catch wary unwary.
Watch North star near gleamed freedom near closer harder catch.
Lord help me cry captured heart hurt pain sear all body.
Bend refresh soul aplenty catch wind began pace faster still.
Josefina teeth flashed white as sin biting hungrily berries bitter sweet.
Wolfish bites finish meal of King repast force adrenalin flash hot sweet.
Lord help me cry the captured heart not far now twinkling eye.
Baying hounds losing scent miles distance far.
Red pepper sprinkle wide far miles between old mammy say.
Train North West of Bayou two one sad face say.
Josefina cried tears cold warm hot feet mindless fearless pounded faster faster.
Never coming back never coming back ran thoughts alive fresh cold sweet hard alive.
Blood mixed of descendants of Kings unknown free enslaved yet proud dear.
Never bend never bend who she think she be flashed whip slash slash slash.
Me - Josefina cried heart strong proud erect wiry flexible not destroy will cry she not.
Read and cipher learn she secret know more than they leave leave before found knowledged shown.
Lie lie she see her mouth restrain her not enough receive slash slash slash.
Pain running down back she ran deep further further blue black night embrace.
Freedom freedom North North live free free whip not for knowledge known.
Crook in river halfway there blind man say.
Crouching hands knee grass wet cold she rested sides heaving harshly.
Lifetime seconds minutes centuries slid flash quickly slowly flip past.
Crack crack noises close close hear ears keen with thoughts.
Leaping lunging forward feet flashing blinding past scenery blur blur blur.
Dodging zigzag zigzag pepper sprinkle sprinkle back track river bright flash the thoughts wide free.
Rags decoy decoy leave opposite direction swift place were there wind upwind go downwind swifter.
Halfway past gone freedom feet wings of pan leaping flashing like windmill gone wild.
Silhouette large culbersome boxes wheels attached one winding snail lumber slowly past.
Door opened last one to end jumping fast leap astound mind space Josefina landed tucked round.
Closing door burying deep corner fast she ventured closer closer to North paradise land soon.
By Felicia McCaw
Wind shipping cold hard as whip clouds blocking obscuring
a full moon sight.
Feet flying as fast as a doves heart.
Hair braided cut tight and firm.
Sweat pouring from every pore as porcupine skin.
Rags flapping as a jersey light against a frame thin frail.
Air in lungs crashing against walls of stone.
Josefina Josefina called voices harsh cold whipped autocratic slashed
black night fast.
Feverish dazed screamed Josefina's soul rebelled faster faster she ran
bushes tearing grasping.
Duck duck evade snare aplenty abound wide far sear catch wary unwary.
Watch North star near gleamed freedom near closer harder catch.
Lord help me cry captured heart hurt pain sear all body.
Bend refresh soul aplenty catch wind began pace faster still.
Josefina teeth flashed white as sin biting hungrily berries bitter sweet.
Wolfish bites finish meal of King repast force adrenalin flash hot sweet.
Lord help me cry the captured heart not far now twinkling eye.
Baying hounds losing scent miles distance far.
Red pepper sprinkle wide far miles between old mammy say.
Train North West of Bayou two one sad face say.
Josefina cried tears cold warm hot feet mindless fearless pounded faster faster.
Never coming back never coming back ran thoughts alive fresh cold sweet hard alive.
Blood mixed of descendants of Kings unknown free enslaved yet proud dear.
Never bend never bend who she think she be flashed whip slash slash slash.
Me - Josefina cried heart strong proud erect wiry flexible not destroy will cry she not.
Read and cipher learn she secret know more than they leave leave before found knowledged shown.
Lie lie she see her mouth restrain her not enough receive slash slash slash.
Pain running down back she ran deep further further blue black night embrace.
Freedom freedom North North live free free whip not for knowledge known.
Crook in river halfway there blind man say.
Crouching hands knee grass wet cold she rested sides heaving harshly.
Lifetime seconds minutes centuries slid flash quickly slowly flip past.
Crack crack noises close close hear ears keen with thoughts.
Leaping lunging forward feet flashing blinding past scenery blur blur blur.
Dodging zigzag zigzag pepper sprinkle sprinkle back track river bright flash the thoughts wide free.
Rags decoy decoy leave opposite direction swift place were there wind upwind go downwind swifter.
Halfway past gone freedom feet wings of pan leaping flashing like windmill gone wild.
Silhouette large culbersome boxes wheels attached one winding snail lumber slowly past.
Door opened last one to end jumping fast leap astound mind space Josefina landed tucked round.
Closing door burying deep corner fast she ventured closer closer to North paradise land soon.
By Felicia McCaw
