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Maybe I aotten where I came from

Those thoughts made me pull about ten stairs quietly behind my bestie cousin who never led me astray before And, I was met by an entirely different vibe once ent into the poetry lounge A lady with a long, curly afro stood at the mic in front of a vibrant crowd in a rustic, culturally decorated s drinks and enjoying the vibe

“Oh damn y’all, help me welcome back one of Miami’s adopted finest, Poetically Tash!” the emcee shouted in our direction and the crowd roared with applause and whistles Tasha halted to blow the eotta do a little better than that,” she said and the crowd clapped even louder

Well, I’ll be damned

Tasha didn’t tell me she was a spoken word artist There’s a lot of ured my own life out, I planned to take the ti back her layers Maybe even find out why she had no trace of a man

We found a table in the center of the rooe

tting soarita, and Tasha ordered a mojito

“So, you coot co to know more about the type of worown into

“Yeah, I do actually” She nodded in the direction of a irl stopped by our table wearing a dashiki shirt, fitted jeans and African designer shoes to hug her neck, and they briefly caught up The people in that room knew and loved her

“Oh I didn’t know you were into the spoken word,” I said once the colorfully dressed woman left our table

“Yeah, and stop looking at me like that”

“Like what?”

“Like etting shit off ood outlet for both,” Tasha said

“I didn’t say there was anything wrong with it I’m just astounded by the fact that you are into the arts like that,” I said, taking another sip frolass

“Whoa, little cuzzo is astounded…”

“Yes, I aet to see you perforI said about this…place,” I said, for the first ti at that club

“Uh, not going to happen I brought you here so you can listen to soracing theher head as if to shake the thoughts far away from her

“I know you’re not chickening out because I’ her off

“You calling me scared? That’s funny, when I’e hungry woke people et up there and spit so?” She crooked her neck and tilted her head as she sneered at me