"I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past."
Photographer: Juan Manuel Castro Prieto
(Source: sovereigntyordeath, via withinout)
Bessie Smith - A Little Sugar in My Bowl (1931)
file under: Black Women Talk About Their Sexuality (And Sometime They Talk About It in Their Art Too)
I need a little sugar, in my bowl,
I need a little hot dog, between my rolls
You gettin’ different, I’ve been told,
move your finger, drop something in my bowl
I need a little steam-heat on my floor,
Maybe I can fix things up, so they’ll go
(spoken: Get off your knees, I can’t see what you’re drivin’ at!
It’s dark down there!
Looks like a snake! C’mon here and drop somethin’ here in my bowl,
stop your foolin’, and drop somethin’, in my bowl)
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