Wrath of a daydream (the funeral of James Baldwin).i sit at home day in hand gray cat turned around my feet knowing headlights pavement the stopping of clocks carnival of African Drums dislocates the church hymnals Hymnals, also called hymnbooks (or hymn books) and occasionally hymnaries, are books of hymns sung by religious congregations. The following is a list of English-language hymnals by denomination. as bodies shake and stutter stut·ter n. A phonatory or articulatory disorder characterized by difficult enunciation of words with frequent halting and repetition of the initial consonant or syllable. v. To utter with spasmodic repetition or prolongation of sounds. in unison the pulse of rhythm beats hearts into hands Baraka rants and raves on a tattered tat·tered adj. 1. Torn into shreds; ragged. 2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters. 3. a. Shabby or dilapidated. b. Disordered or disrupted. life raft coughing each word as though it would bounce back to wound him Maya's profile pauses in reverence bowed to a friendship of pen in hand with red wine glasses tip-tappin' their numerous word upon word a humble tide of David Baldwin rests safe as a brother can navigate off shore but his eyes can not touch a mother's disbelief or a mother's question - "Why has He taken my son?" silence and off rising from the day concrete fingerprints of your blood at my temples Jimmy Do not think i want to hang i want to fall to you in hell No i want to drown drown v. drowned, drown·ing, drowns v.tr. 1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid. 2. To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid. 3. i want to swim to you in heaven Poet Janice Mautner co-directs the Vox Box Arts Collective in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . |
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