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i've heard of this practice and i've seen film footage of the curious people who perform it. it seems terribly ritualized, involving lather and the placement of sharp objects near or on one's throat, which i take to be an indication of a spirit possession of some kind. very strange.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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