SHIFTING THE CENTER

Scott Mgkachi Saby

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shift
the center
to the margins
to the margins
and let centuries
of muffled cries be heard over
the hegemonic din;
and let chronicles
of victors be read again
with other tinted lenses;
and let correspondents
of human kinds interrogate
the five-wived husband some more.
when center becomes margin
and margins become center,
how vexing becomes
the page, the book.