one thing i don’t needis any more apologiesi got sorry greetin me at my front dooryou can keep yrsi don’t know what to do wit emthey dont open doorsor bring the sun backthey dont make me happyor get a mornin paperdidnt nobody stop usin my tears to wash carscuz a sorryi am simply tiredof collectini…
melt to melodies round small firesmount tree limbswith bodies blackand swayin’ black n croonin’songs of sunsetscomin’ from the fields bawdybrazenhard to put yr finger onlike the blueslike the strum of guitars on dark dampsouthern nightshard to put your finger onlike screams in the black bloody southern soilsweet black blood echoin’ thru the evenin’ servicegrindin’ by…
the way leaves rustle in the breezeand cornbread and barbecue swing out the backdoorand tease all our senses as the sun goes down.dreams and memories rest by fencesTexas accents rev up like our enginescustomized sparkling powerful as the armsthat hold us tightly black n fragrantreminding us that once we slept and lovedto the scents of…
movin the arms & legs that trapped hershe sighed affirmin the sculptured man& made herself a bathof dark musk oil egyptian crystals& florida water to remove his smellto wash away the glitterto watch the butterflies melt intosuds & the rhinestones fall beneathher buttocks like smooth pebblesin a missouri creeklayin in watershe became herselfordinarybrown braided womanwith…
you pull/ kiss me from 125th to 72nd street/ onthe east side/ no lessyou are sucha fool/ you gonna give me/ the poet/the poeminsistin on proletarian images/ we buy okra/3 lbs for $1/ & a pair of 98 cent shoeswe kisswe wrestleyou make sure at east 110 street/ we have cognacno beer all dayyou are…
woman is raped/every ten minutesa lil girl is molestedyet i rode the subway todayi sat next to an old man whomay have beaten his old wife3 minutes ago or 3 days/30 years agohe might have sodomized hisdaughter but i sat therecuz the young men on the trainmight beat some young womenlater in the day or…
which accounts for my irregular behavioreverythin comes outta magic hatsor bottles wit no bottoms & parakeetsare as easy to get as a couple a rabbitsor 3 fifty cent pieces/ 1958my daddy retired from magic & tookup another trade cuz this friend of minefrom the 3rd grade asked to be made whiteon the spotwhat cd any…
