On May 13, 1985 at 5:27pm, the City of Philadelphia dropped a C-4/Tovex explosive (a bomb) into a make-shift bunker installed on the roof of 6221 Osage Avenue, a row-home in West Philadelphia. A place known to be inhabited by Black children, Black women and Black men. The family, surname Africa, were considered to be Radical. Black. Revolutionaries. They were known to Philadelphia government officials as "enemy combatants" and to each other as fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters.

The roof was on fire… The Philadelphia Fire Department was well represented on the scene. The fire burned without intervention for nearly an hour. As a result, 11 people, including 5 children, were killed. 60 homes burned to the ground. 250 people were left homeless. Government officials, including the city's first Black Mayor, enacted their plan with impunity. The Black Body Curve/Free Poem Experience is in response to the events and aftermath of that day.

Sacred Space, where memory, history and legacy entwine.