Numerology says that your name carries the history of you before you exist. Everything is fine. Indigenous peoples have to prove their nativeness by having their blood tested. Everything is fine. Kate Middleton donated her trademark long hair to charity. It’s fine. I get nervous when I wear clothes purchased from Kohl’s back into Kohl’s to buy new clothes. Everything is fine. Black boys walk home at night from the Blue Line we pray they will be fine. I’m afraid to open my mail, but everything is fine. Last year my half-sister’s father died & she hasn’t spoken to me since. It’s fine. Oprah says she knows for sure speaking our truth is the most powerful tool we have. So everything is fine. The psychosis of whiteness is that it always places itself at the center. Jennifer Aniston changed shoes in bathroom & this made top news. Everything is fine. Last week I lost my job. It’s fine. My boyfriend says trade tariffs are increasing because of Trump’s terrible international relations, so the price of washers & dryers will go up. Everything is fine. Micro-plastics are killing our oceans. It’s fine. I’m sure that if I name my abuser out loud no one will believe me, because they know he’s bad, but he’s only “Aziz Ansari bad.” Everything is fine. The EDD says I should look for my unemployment packet in the mail. The Super Blue Blood Moon is coming—but there won’t be blood, & it won’t be blue. Everything is fine. I can stretch last month’s groceries for six weeks, then if I catch a cold I won’t want to eat. Everything is fine. Donald Trump is a misogynist. It’s fine. Donald Trump is a racist. It’s fine. Donald Trump is a president.  Everything is fine. It’s fine. We’re going to be fine.  A seven-year-old was arrested in Florida for punching his teacher. Everything is fine. New headline says we’ve been cleaning our microwaves all wrong.

by Danielle Mitchell

The Super Blue Blood Moon is coming—but there won’t be blood, & it won’t be blue. Everything is fine. – Danielle Mitchell, “The Quantum of Everything”

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Oprah says she knows for sure speaking our truth is the most powerful tool we have. So everything is fine. The psychosis of whiteness is that it always places itself at the center. Jennifer Aniston changed shoes in bathroom & this made top news. Everything is fine. – Danielle Mitchell, “The Quantum of Everything”

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Micro-plastics are killing our oceans. It’s fine. I’m sure that if I name my abuser out loud no one will believe me, because they know he’s bad, but he’s only “Aziz Ansari bad.” Everything is fine. – Danielle Mitchell, “The Quantum of Everything”

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