Poem for Soledad Brother John Clutchette
Brother John came by my Academy of da Corner today
14th and Broadway
Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza
We honor Frank Ogawa and Oscar Grant
Citizens of Oakland
Made a difference
and you don't even know
Frank Ogawa or Oscar Grant
Fine gentleman
Asian African
Oakland
Along came John
Soledad Brother
like no other
survivor
John
made it out belly of beast
american gulag
John
Comrade of George Jackson
Slayer of the Dragons
kill or be killed
Soledad Prison mantra
My brother there too
read Flowers for the Trashman
Brother Ollie killer too
he told me
kill or be killed
guard kill honky kill we kill three
Kumasi say
Kumasi master griot of American Prison Movement
Kumasi say you guys had revolution outside
we had revolution inside prison walls
down in dungeon
belly of beast
Kumasi say for every one of us
we take three of you
devil white boy supremacist honky
John Clutchette came by today
John say can't stay
gotta report in for one year
thank you Marvin X for your literature
shared with brothers
Marvin X I have twenty six dollars
let me donate six
Don't give me nothin'
let me donate today
John went his way.
Soledad Brother
Warrior Supreme!
--Marvin X
1/23/19
"Soledad Brother" John Clutchette stops by Marvin X's Academy of da Corner, Oakland
John said we must free Ruchell McGee! And I agree. I suggest when Kanye West meets with your President Trump tomorrow, he suggest giving a general amnesty to all incarcerated in American prisons. John was paroled in July, 2018. He's wearing an ankle monitor and getting adjusted to the cell phone. Marvin told him, "Just stop any five year old and they will tell you how to use it. Just be ready for them to call you stupid and dummy." When John tried to give a donation for a collection of Marvin's books, the poet refused to take the money.
--Marvin X
10/10/18
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