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 washed in sweat / the common salt
in tears / tongues swirl
in a stew of cultures / singing asphalt songs
in the midst of seagulls
 

 

The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems

By Kamau Daáood

City Lights Books (San Francisco, 2005)

 

Los Angeles

the angels here
have pigeons' wings
blue collars
washed in sweat
the common salt
in tears
tongues swirl
in a stew of cultures
singing asphalt songs
in the midst of seagulls
bebop atop
the San Andreas
a humble plate
of beings

 

Source: Kamau Daáood. The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2005. (p. 70)

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posted 24 September 2005

 

 

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