LAMONT STEPTOE
 
 

blu-ku #4
Contraband

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

blu-ku #4

tarpaper shacks
on the highway of cyberspace
Bessie Smith moans
 

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invisible cargo arrived with African slaves
ship captains couldn't explain
why the boats rode so low in the water
was it some dark giant the color of the wind?
maybe, it was the rhythm
hidden like diamonds in the bones
maybe, it was the dreams
in the sack of the heart
maybe, it was the burning embers of rage
concealed beneath the tongue!

 

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