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The Pusher

He bad O he bad He make a honky poot. Make a honky’s blue eyes squint anus tight, when my man look in the light blue eyes. He thinks He don’t play His Afro crown raises eyes. Raises eyebrows of…

The Couple

Discard the fear and whatwas she? Of rag and bonesa mimicry of woman’sfairy-nessArchaic at its birth. Discharge the hate and whenwas he? Disheveled moansa mimesis of man’sestatedeceited for its worth. Dissolve the greed and whywere they? Enfeebled thronesa memory of…

Artful Pose

Of falling leaves and meltingsnows, of birdsin their delightsSome poets singtheir melodiestendering my nightssweetly. My pencil haltsand will not goalong that quiet path.I need to writeof lovers false and hateand hateful wrathquickly.

Lord, in My Heart

FOR COUNTEE CULLEN Holy haloes  Ring me round Spirit waves on  Spirit sound Meshach and  Abednego Golden chariot  Swinging low I recite them  in my sleep Jordan’s cold  and briny deep Bible lessons  Sunday school Bow before the  Golden Rule…

For Us, Who Dare Not Dare

Be me a PharaohBuild me high pyramids of stone and questionSee me the Nileat twilightand jaguars moving tothe slow cool draught. Swim me CongoHear me the tails of alligatorsflapping waves that reacha yester shore. Swing me vines, beyond that baobab…

America

  The gold of her promise  has never been mined Her borders of justice  not clearly defined Her crops of abundance  the fruit and the grain Have not fed the hungry  nor eased that deep pain Her proud declarations  are…

Africa

Thus she had lainsugarcane sweetdeserts her hairgolden her feetmountains her breaststwo Niles her tears.Thus she has lainBlack through the years. Over the white seasrime white and coldbrigands ungentledicicle boldtook her young daughterssold her strong sonschurched her with Jesusbled her with…

Request

If this country is a bastardwill the lowdown mother userwho ran offand left the womanmoaning in hergreen deliveryplease come back and claimhis love child.Give a legal name to beg fromfor the firsttime of its life.

A Conceit

Give me your hand Make room for meto lead and followyoubeyond this rage of poetry. Let others havethe privacy oftouching wordsand love of lossof love. For meGive me your hand.

Wonder

A daydrunk with the nectar ofnownessweaves its way betweenthe yearsto find itself at the flophouseof nightto sleep and be seenno more. Will I be lessdead because I wrote thispoem or you more becauseyou read itlong years hence.