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you think i’m scaredbut i’m a big girli don’t cry or anythingI have a greatbig bed to roll aroundin and lots of spaceand i don’t dreambad dreams like i usedto have that youwere leaving meanymoreNow that you’re gonei don’t dreamand no matterwhat you thinki’m not lonelysleepingall alone

undetermined height in their natural state one wouldreach bottom and one would fly awayLaws of motion tell us an inert object is more difficult topropel than an object heading in the wrong direction is toturn around. Motion being energy—inertia—apathy.Apathy equals hostility. Hostility—violence. Violencebeing energy is its own virtue. Laws of motion teach usBlack people are…

‘Good night’no matter how young or old you areSome people don’t remember thatlove islistening and laughing and askingquestionsno matter what your ageFew recognize that love iscommitment, responsibilityno fun at allunlessLove isYou and me

Rainbows arch from ground to goldI climb over to youThunder grumbles, lightning tumblesAnd I bounce over to youSun beams back and catches meSmiling over at you

there will be children in the cold of winterchildren like a quilted blanketare welcomed in our old agechildren like a block of ice to a desert sheikare signs of status in our youthwe feed the children with our culturethat they might understand our travailwe nourish the children on our godsthat they may understand respectwe urge…

(for Harlem Magic)The laws of science teach us a pound of gold weighs asmuch as a pound of flour though if dropped from anyundetermined height in their natural state one wouldreach bottom and one would fly awayLaws of motion tell us an inert object is more difficult topropel than an object heading in the wrong…