A poem titled for this thing includes four lines structured as multiple-choice questions, such as “A tapering, blunt-tipped, muscular, soft and fleshy organ describes…” That “discourse on the logic” of this thing is by M. NourbeSe Phillip. In a Paris Review interview, a poet called one of these things “nobody’s special property,” but instead “property of the imagination.” An essay that coined a term for one type of this thing quotes a child’s line “the snow was falling on the cane fields” (-5[1])in the book (*) History of the Voice. The speaker claims, “To change (10[1])[this thing] you must change your life” (10[1]-5[1])in the poem “Codicil.” Non-standard varieties of these things (10[1])used in the Caribbean were dubbed “nation” examples by Kamau Brathwaite. The speaker asks how to choose between Africa (10[1])and one of these things he loves in Derek Walcott’s “A Far Cry from Africa.” For 10 points, what constructs include “mother” examples such as Jamaican patois and Gikuyu? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])