i do not know what it is to be enslaved i do not know what it is to be spat upon by the white man i do not know what it is to be whipped and chained like an animal but still, i know what it is to be black. the black people’s identity does […]
Category: Issue 5
Morning Shadows and other poems
Morning Shadows Fleeting Time stood silent To behold from afar These tales we tell For short as they are They reveal in unison All that we are And all we could be From one tale Our fate is ours Fluid Fluid like tears You choose to change All that you don’t know Or even care […]
Beyond the Bathroom Door
rust and iron and water up to my teeth in shit i am standing wading face deep in said toilette painter black stinking of piss gradually walking spinning sinking away to street corner public urinal a shrine and celebration of human deification and decay i am sitting among the refuse of yesterday’s exotic meal regretting […]
Silver Rain
silver rain delicate and eye catching… glinting in the soft moonbeams… as they pass through. moving between the clouds… making no sounds, like an angel walking in heaven light steps flowing freedom eternal beauty… scary yet serene eerie but calm… not disturbing anything leaving no footprints in the clouds no trail to follow joy but […]
Tattoo
She sports this sacred elephant on the curve of her lower belly, tameless and moonlit field; You watch it parade softly across occupied territory as she falls back in a manoeuvre designed to increase tension and build critical mass; it’s no secret what happens next: you lose consciousness and end up on the floor. Later, […]
The Girl Thinks of Staying and other poems
The Girl Thinks of Staying after the flight de/planing is always a struggle 2 carry-on bags packed like a can of sardines w/ sardine cans canned milk canned ham mom hands me my allotted 2 one of hers and waits painted ladies pass like so many peacocks anxious to display the bounty of the states […]
Untitled
is there anything else you want? did you get it all? are you sure you have enough blood? will you be coming back? are you going to give me back my heart? my dead bleeding heart. is your suitcase big enough? to fit all of my dreams my unfulfilled dreams my unheard phrases my unseen […]
Issue 5
Beyond the Bathroom Door – Nikolai Noel Morning Shadows and other poems – Joseph A. Isahack Silver Rain – Kristen Alcantara Tattoo – Jared Millar The Girl Thinks of Staying and other poems – Samantha Coerbell Untitled and other poems – elisha efua bartels Untitled – Renée Pollainais
Official Parody Site of 1999 Ms. UV Nurse Competition
ToPSOiL Online is the official “unofficial” parody site of the 1999 Ms. UV Nurse (thanks, Sprang) competition. Look out for interviews on public sentiment, your personal comments and feelings about the competition and us hosting it, the latest developments, then join us here on the night of the pageant for blows by blows commentary of […]
Issue 5 – Trinidad Carnival 1998
Imagine a place where, once a year for two days of frenzy, thousands, hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets, singing and dancing, loving each other, creating beauty out of nothing but themselves. Imagine a culture where almost every household has a master or mistress craftsperson, or an accomplished musician, dancer or writer. […]