"Wabenzi Walks" by Samiya Bashir
When I read through the book in its entirety before really analyzing each poem, this one stood out as a big question mark in my mind.
With a closer read, a specific stanza stuck out to me: "I don't want to hold on to / you, dear I don't / even want to hold you." It reminded me of the line in "The Archer" - "Help me hold on to you." Then the lines in the poem, "no kings / no horses" sealed the connection for me, matching with the song, "All the king's horses, all the king's men / Couldn't put me together again."
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