Of Course, Black Women Invented Navigation

in the future we are more than the undying

Image: worm’s-eye view of a black rock with constellation in the background. Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash.

In celebration of Gladys West.

Yes, yes fixated on the stars
how could I not observe the navigation

of lineage, linkage, sweet cover of darkness
ancestor scribes of astronomy, their research in verse yes, yes, West