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Love my Black Job—
Black Student Union Job!
Hired at L.A. City College
As “The Peoples Poet!”
Shangri-La—untaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
caviar, Cayman Island, yacht crowds who
Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sops—
Black faces in high places—
“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” —Karl Marx
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs…” —Karl Marx
“Ain’t no power like the power of the people—
‘cause the power of the people don’t stop!” bouncing
Raytheon’s craven raven
Co-signing for mass murder:
“Mowing the grass…” Now…
Ladee Blu on a fool’s errand dis-
seminating
The Mass Shooting Of The Day—
this time was in San Jose…
Do you know the way to San Jose?
2020’s hindsight—frost in the
rearview mirror. Miles Ahead…
I’m Sheltered in Solidarity with
National Poetry Month and
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