Name: Clara(Mohammad, WIFE of Elijiah Mohammad)
Duration: P00H02M33S
Description: This poem is the first in my Women In The Shadows trio. These three poems are written from the viewpoint of different women in modern history.

Clara(Mohammad, WIFE of Elijiah Mohammad)

from The Obscene Gravity Of Silence by Paulie Lipman

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This poem is the first in my Women In The Shadows trio. These three poems are written from the viewpoint of different women in modern history.

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My husband’s first mistress
was neither woman or man, but
Allah
and for that
I am grateful

I
introduced them
In a dusty Detroit basement
I presented my husband to
our only god
and when their eyes met
I felt myself shift
from the warm center of his heart
to an icy field whose only residents
are the wives of prophets
and their children

I became a widow of prophecy
and a mother
to all

Allah saw fit to bless us with a brood of 8
and a fold into the thousands
While men spread The Teachings,
my holy charge
was to educate our children
Humility
Discipline
Knowledge
Purity
Determination
Morality

In the final days
even those who walked this earth
slouched in sin, will be stood upright
and made ready
for Judgment

I am faithful
but not even the holy mathematics
can explain why I only have 8 children
but my husband
has twice that many and
3 mothers between them

O Great Benevolence
I have taken so many steps toward you
so please
allow me this moment of blasphemy:
How is this divine?
How is this
honorable?
I would beg you
to forsake me
and watch over these women
show them that their children
are not merely the bastards of history
that you are their father
that you
still love them
I
had it easy
I only lost a husband
They
lost their belief

As we lay here
and wait for Judgement
I can only think of all our children
Emmanuel
Nathaniel
Ethel
Lottie
Herbert
Junior
Wallace
Akbar
and the thousands brought to us
a garden grown flush in the service
of Allah
and we
divorced from earthly emotion
and laws of possession
betrothed only to God
and for that
I am grateful

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from The Obscene Gravity Of Silence, released March 15, 2011

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Paulie Lipman Denver, Colorado

Paulie Lipman has been a part of 8 Denver National Slam Teams(including '04's second place and '06's national champions). His work has appeared in The Legendary, Borderline, and the Write Bloody anthology: The Good Things About America.

In addition to Spoken Word, Pauile is also a musician/composer and is available for hire for commercial/video game/soundtrack work. ... more