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Salient Magazine
Aug 5, 2024
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Artwork and words by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson (she/her)

Read more at @tagataatamai on Instagram and www.tagataatamai.co.nz

PICTURED: Art by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson
PICTURED: Art by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson

Streets lined with coded colours 

A subliminal call to replant yourself at the source 

Hibiscus hues are covert beacons 

Vivid checkpoints on a path to your ancestors 

Breadcrumbs that adorn a speckled city full of concrete people who didn’t believe your Nana was royalty 

Didn’t acknowledge the atua in their midst 

Or the invisible shoulders they stood upon 

Nana pointed your innocent gaze towards a trail of ants scurrying down into the sugar-dusted centre of le aute 

You blinked and her petals did too 

The wind waved to us 

Nana reminded you to follow the people and places who feed you 

And to always come bearing gifts


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