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Pussy Cat

Original Artwork by ONCPS

Identity Exhibition by Dupreé Armon

5 Points Art Gallery & Studios “D.N.A.” and “Recalling Ah-Po Po” Exhibition Openings

Arrondissement 16

And This is How I Let Go

Open Call: Site Contributors

I am free…

Inferential

Where is the sunshine?

#GenreCrushWednesday Dillon Jensen

three forty one am

A WINTER KITCHEN

What is Real but the Promise

pieces

My 2020 New Year’s Resolutions

NORTH CAROLINA

Be. Real. BLACK. For. Me.

A Matter of Style

Octavia

Black Velvet Lies

August 28, 2017August 27, 2017 Fleurette

Black velvet lies
Never revive
Reality
Let me know the truth
So I won’t have to fabricate
99% truth entwine with 1% lies
A colorful fantasy
A beautiful nightmare
I need closure

 

photography by @mason_jd

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