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Love my Black Jobâ
Black Student Union Job!
Hired at L.A. City College
As âThe Peoples Poet!â
Shangri-Laâuntaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
caviar, Cayman Island, yacht crowds who
Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sopsâ
Black faces in high placesâ
ââŚthere are known knowns. There are things
we know that we know. There are known
âHistory repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.â âKarl Marx
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needsâŚâ âKarl Marx
âAinât no power like the power of the peopleâ
âcause the power of the people donât stop!â bouncing
Raytheonâs craven raven
Co-signing for mass murder:
âMowing the grassâŚâ NowâŚ
Ladee Blu on a foolâs errand dis-
seminating
The Mass Shooting Of The Dayâ
this time was in San JoseâŚ
Do you know the way to San Jose?
2020âs hindsightâfrost in the
rearview mirror. Miles AheadâŚ
Iâm Sheltered in Solidarity with
National Poetry Month and
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