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Ain’t it good to know that
up’s still down; bad’s still
good; black’s white; Slavers
still heroes—And the
A Leni Riefenstahl film
Written by Dr. Goebbels
Produced by the DNC—
Set in summer in Milwaukee:
Storming “ThTown’s” morning dew like badged vermin
Creeping from bent mist morning light, just before five
Standing out in the cold shivering,
shoveling white bean soup in my mouth,
A mentor appears, two assistants in tow.
frantic footprints are framed
on white streets where the
temperature suddenly
dropped
from
83
to
Limbo!
How low can we go—
Barr is set so low
in its swamp draining
elephantine donkey dung;
I’m
Caffie’s son—raised to resist,
taught to question… Erring
on the side of thinking for
Myself
Brown body writhing in orange
flames; scents of burning hair
and flesh—so, how do you say
Lynching in Spanish?
Can a Mom and Pop
store be too big to fail?
Could a mafia don be
businessman of the year?
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