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You say, I would've then.
You say, I would’ve then. At the lunch counter or behind the hose? In a Selma jail or hooded veil? My dear superhero, for whom 100 blows?
Read moreSo what if we danced
So what if we danced, called on gods for deliverance & it was so? My Shango sees your Jesus & raise you ten to hear your whip crack no more.
Read morePuckering your lips
Puckering your lips can get you dead even if no sound comes out; even if the song’s for your heart. You can’t ask Henry. He’s our example.
Read moreCrack's Shanghai cousin
Crack’s Shanghai cousin is in these stills. It’s the dead eyes, blackened lips. In the port, the bowel-heavy ships stay afloat on the tide.
Read moreThe revolutionaries won
The revolutionaries won, fed their hungry & invented clichés. Pot-bellied, they stopped noting the past & were deaf to the rustling bush.
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