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On Reaching Forty

Other acquainted yearssidlewith modestdecorumacross the scrim of toughenedtears and to a stageplanked with laughter boardsand waxed with rueful loss.But fortywith the authorizedbrazenness of a uniformedcop stompsno-knockinginto the scriptbumps a funky grind on theshabby curtain of youthand delays the action. Unless…

Here’s to Adhering

I went to a partyout in Hollywood,The atmosphere was shoddybut the drinks were good,and that’s where I heard you laugh. I then went cruisingon an old Greek ship,The crew was amusingbut the guests weren’t hip,that’s where I found your hands.…

Pickin Em Up And Layin Em Down

There’s a long-legged girlin San Franciscoby the Golden Gate.She said she’d give me all I wantedbut I just couldn’t wait.I started toPickin em upand layin em down, Pickin em upand layin em down, Pickin em upand layin em down, gettin…

Harlem Hopscotch

One foot down, then hop! It’s hot.Good things for the ones that’s got.Another jump, now to the left.Everybody for hisself. In the air, now both feet down.Since you black, don’t stick around.Food is gone, the rent is due,Curse and cry…

The Thirteens (White)

Your Momma kissed the chauffeur,Your Poppa balled the cook,Your sister did the dirty,in the middle of the book,The thirteens. Right On. Your daughter wears a jock strap,Your son he wears a bra,Your brother jonesed your cousinin the back seat of…

The Thirteens (Black)

Your Momma took to shouting,Your Poppa’s gone to war,Your sister’s in the streets,Your brother’s in the bar,The thirteens. Right On. Your cousin’s taking smack,Your uncle’s in the joint,Your buddy’s in the gutter,Shooting for his point,The thirteens. Right On. And you,…

Sepia Fashion Show

Their hair, pomaded, faces jadedbones protruding, hip-wise,the models strutted, backed and butted,then stuck their mouths out, lip-wise. They’d nasty manners, held like banners,while they looked down their nose-wise.I’d see ‘em in hell, before they’d sellme one thing they’re wearing, clothes-wise.…

On Working White Liberals

I don’t ask the Foreign LegionOr anyone to win my freedomOr to fight my battle better than I can,Though there’s one thing that I cry forI believe enough to die forThat is every man’s responsibility to man. I’m afraid they’ll…

The Calling of Names

He went to being called a colored manafter answering to “hey, nigger.”Now that’s a big jump,anyway you figger.Hey, Baby, watch my smoke.From colored man to Negro,With the N in caps,was like saying Japaneseinstead of saying Japs.I mean, during the war.The…

My Guilt

My guilt is “slavery’s chains,” too longthe clang of iron falls down the years.This brother’s sold, this sister’s gone,is bitter wax, lining my ears.My guilt made music with the tears. My crime is “heroes, dead and gone,”dead Vesey, Turner, Gabriel,dead…