Darius Simpson is a New Afrikan writer, educator, performer, and skilled living room dancer from Akron, Ohio. Much like the means of production, he believes poetry must be used for the positive social, political, and economic development of the majority of society. He aims to inspire those chills that make you frown and slightly twist up ya face in approval. His book, NEVER CATCH ME, is out now and available at Button Poetry. Darius believes in the dissolution of empire and the total liberation of Africans and all oppressed people by any means available. Free All Political Prisoners. Free The People. Free The Land.

REFUSAL

My Niece Mispronounces My Name

By DARIUS SIMPSON

maybe nicknames are how we trick the wind
into sneaking travelers between realms