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For
Baraka
(Recent Poet Laureate of New Jersey)
poets—like prophets
are never loved
in their own country.
or shall we say
century
when they still must
face
bush/MentaL poly/tiKKKs
and right wing
imperialists
wanna slay the voice
of Truth
speakin directly to
the spiritual and
cultural needs
of the people.
Words become lethal
especially when
infused with
hate
propaganda
slander
or lies
mcgreevey wants to
put a cap
on free speech
just like the
blinders in his own eyes.
yeh. real proof
that poems can kill.
see how Common Sense
burns
the ill-fated retina
of a slow yet dyin
breed.
funny how the beast
thinks itself immune
to the kind of karma
that results from
years of
rape
murder
lynching
CA/PITA/LIZM
exploit/a/shun
and greed.
if the people don’t
call
into question how
the so-called
majority rules
we subject ourselves
to becoming victims—
not a figure in
politics
but, rather, a
politcian's brainwashed, hypnotized
and colonized negro fools.
baraka says—
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a real re/vo/lu/shun
is the work of the people.
and only the
people can ensure
a truly just
victory. we must reclaim
and recreate
our own images.
shape a
united Black/Consciousness
rooted in
Truth and Black Sensibility;
for the Truth
is valuable to any/body
regardless of race or nationality. |
baraka says—
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we must
empower the people.
teaching them
that culture means
consciousness.
and w/out
consciousness the people shall
surely die. |
and we the people say—
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let this
man/poet/griot/sage/
and
humanbeing.
let this
prophet/healer/king/
and
nation/builder
claim his
rightful place
and receive
his just due upon the throne.
challenging
us all to POET-ON
to see and
praise
what dark,
soulful, and eternal Beauty
lies deep
Within
while a
searing, ‘innocent’ AMURICA
(frantic and
terrorized)
desperately
tries to wash her hands
free of blood, cruelty, sickness, and
sin. 11-28-02 |
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