Adela Crown The Gaucho the bag is lined in

the bag is lined in black silk

catching light from every angle as the hand moves

The fringe moves with every turn of the head

I was lying outside one night

At the same time

Adela Crown The Gaucho the bag is lined inTHE STORY I was reading about Queen Charlotte once, the first Black queen of England, and there was a description of how she walked into a room, the weight of her crown, the feathers in her hair, the way every person in that room felt her before they saw her. I kept thinking about that image, a woman so sure of who she is that her headpiece becomes a declaration. Not jewelry. Not an accessory. A statement of reign. That woman, that feeling of walking