If it’s free…

Comes from an adult mind…Free to express itself from a hiding,You have yet dealt with.Don’t be stunned.Or run away in tears!With a nose you sniff.Perhaps you should leave the playground,Of scraped knees, sandboxesAnd petty childish gossip.I have not been a child for so long.My adventures have been aged on paths…That have shown me a life,To…

This Negro has the audacity to be arrogant.The nerve to walk with dignity!As IF a condoning of his identity,Has been approved.Would you please issue him a citation!I have friends who have come from out of town to visit,And we wish to see burdened and depressed images.His presence has ruined our tour!And that is why you…

Of what is happening overseas?And yet you ignore what is happening to thoseWho walk upon your own neighborhood streets?And you talk about God and your religious beliefs.While you try to solicit many,To come pray with you and do that on their knees?Can you see any hypocrisy in this at all?Some have come to find these…

My mother.‘Boy, why are you staring at me? ‘~Ma, you are so pretty! ~‘Okay, what do you want?I don’t have any more money,For you to buy another 45.’I use to ‘stay’ in Roz Records.It was a music store,Not far from our apartment in Bellevue Square.On Canton Street.In Hartford, Connecticut.I remember my first 45…‘There Goes My…

Is only in it for the hunt,Like one on the prowl…Seeking to exhaust a fresh stunt,Used to amuseAnd display in play.Although obvious and tired,Are tactics employed…No one can tell the one hunting,Actions rotated are actions that annoy.

My pride.My happiness.Everything!‘Gee.Well…At least there is something left you kept! ‘And what is that?‘Your ability to show and tell!You see that woman dragging that mink coat?She can’t say a word!And look at that dude staggering across the street!I bet you wouldn’t believe this…But just a few days ago,They both told me…I wasn’t worth the air…