by Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi Thomas Griesbeck for Deborah Yakubu “& you sister of my country burning & i am sorry & i am sorry & i am so sorry” — Othuke Umukoro quell the flames. rewrite the violence in crimson. there’s no sweet synonym for lynching. no metaphor adhesive enough to gather grey ash into brittle white bones. girl a crushed petal. arsoned garden. black girl flayed. noir dreams writhing. papers reading like a dystopian novel. eunice slain. bridget beheaded. names of girl