detroit church girl, she
made this world bow
she is my mama
my auntie
Mizz Hattie down the street
she worked her ass off and
when you needed her she
stopped and picked you up
detroit church girl
we renamed Queen
she gave us ourselves in
big lights and ball gowns
told us to stop apologizing for
wanting that drink or
loving that so wrong man
we went to work
1st shift
2nd shift
3rd shift
midnights too
with her bellowing
in our ears ricocheting off our hearts
reminding us
detroit church girls who
don’t even go to church no more that
we matter that we’re worth it that
our strength is harder than garage
made hooch on a Saturday night
after a too much bad news week
she colored our tears and made the
world dance to our timing
she is us
we are she
Aretha
08-16-2018
fearfree living 
Love this, Wanda! This struck me:
“…our strength is harder than garage
made hooch on a Saturday night
after a too much bad news week…”
Well if you’ve ever had a ‘too much bad news week’ the only real remedy is garage made hooch or an Aretha Franklin singalong.
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