June 2011, & X @ 67
Posted on June 4, 2011 by anzinga
June 2011
Superman went home
followed by Geronimo Pratt
Tears and struggle
from Harlem to Tanzania
Souls set free from heavy bodies
X’s wisdom brightens the midnight sky
in Babylon as
we remember Sun Ra
in the laughter of the living
Lupe proves it ain’t all a fiasco
Gil Scott and Plato’s Cave
revolutionary lessons
never televised
but still in syndication
Students remember teachers
X @ 67 Baba turned 67
his children forgave him
he may eventually forgive himself
but bless the demons that chase him
keep him pouring out
look may he flow forth
we were born &
will no doubt die
thirsty
keep him pouring out
long may he flow forth
keep him pouring out
bless his mama
living brightly in his memory
may she forgive him for
ignoring her at least this once
we worthless negroes are blessed
because
he has never left us alone
in his journey from miscreant to itinerant poet
he grew towards Mt. Thai & he wrote maps
so we could follow as he turned away from feathers
remembered how to talk to cows
learned from falling down
the value of things he never owned
sharpening his pen to sword point
bargained his soul back from the devil
for poems in the name of his grandchildren
as his students watched
they learned to plant seeds
we know you were here
you have carved on souls
in a forest that plants trees as it burns
in life’s fire all is clean
all is new again
Sun Ra never died he ascended
as you have
standing there in the light
sun over your left shoulder
forever in your righted eyes
bless us as
we present flowers to the living
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