“freedom inc. ” (for the founders) Lloyd C. Daniel May 13, 2015 Poetry they say midwestern poets spozed to be more ideological this seems a reasonable assessment especially if you talkin bout the ones west of van brunt & east of troost/us there’s something to be said for the penetrating quality of bar-b-qued jazz and blue funk the cumulative effect/steam & smoke rising from ribs/saxophones & shoes worn slick by work and dance in l.a. they said before the officer shot the kid he read an article on children who commit murder so i read one on the overthrow of capitalism & handkerchiefhead negroes who front for grinnin storm troopers & themselves our blue-veiled encasement & how the tail wags the dog the working class without a party in an ax fight without an ax & how we die but often being too contrary to go to the graveyard get up the next morning & snatch bright moments & children from the very devil’s gnashing teeth if you don’t know/but want to ask somebody who does but don’t ask the devil bout jah quayle bout ra or ted kennedy for a ride after the party don’t ask reagan bout actin dogs bout quackin carl sagan bout world history sharon bout palestinian misery or dick gregory bout whether or not it’s true that while you still be in the parking lot at gates they be sayin “hi, may i help you” he don’t know he’s a fruitarian do ask questions/questions like why is frank white so black do ask questions though/but ask somebody who know ask ellsberg/stockwell & agee bout secret files ask vanessa bout commercial beauty queens & plastic smiles ask revolutionaries bout the masses leadin & not just bein led ask general franco & jesse helms bout still being dead ask jehovah witnesses bout going door-to-door ask a greedy man bout wantin some more ask sisyphys bout pushin boulders eddie lavert bout being up in the shoulders mr. holder bout the uncola & then ask the white south african army bout how they got dogged by the cubans in angola whooof! that’s where george clinton come in ask tina turner bout leggin tyrone davis bout beggin kamikazes bout not bein afraid to die & ask john denver/barry manilow/neil sedaka/lawrence welk/ andy williams & perry como bout bein dry ask yourself if you’d fight to free you and another then ask clarence thomas bout his mother ask marcus bout forerunnin miles bout big funnin the dells bout harminizin “girl won’t you stay/stay darlin…” & kwame bout decolonizin ask house parties bout grindin flag women bout windin apartheid bout slimin & if you need to know bout timin ask the world saxophone quartet ask brown & clinton the pharaohs bout funkin & jam ask kevin garnett bout dunkin i mean gettin way up floating/rock & rollin/turn around/behin the head slam! ask jack the ripper bout gashin dc-10’s bout crashin colonial school systems bout lashin & popular upsurge & unity bout smashin the exploitation of man by man Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ