With No Immediate Cause (notes to Ntozake)

In appreciation of the poem by the same namewith no immediate causeby Ntozake Shange I used dashes (—) to mark line breaks when quoting Ntozake Shange’s poem, so as not to be confused with her artistic use of slash marks.  The most useful piece of information I took from my intro to women’s and gender

How to Avoid Sexual Assault

The men around me come from these misguided places of protectionThis feral need to shroud me like a caveWith only my best interests at heart