08august2005




i want to do
somethin
like
cross the street to where the too lil girls are
humpin
& grindin
& poppin it
& show them how to slow the rolls of their hips
& learn them of africa
& breakbeats
& promise to return w/more if they promise to do
some type of self-affirmin thing until then
& how they can tell stories like mikaela
but
i do not know hula

i want to cross the street to where
a lil boy has fallen
frum heat stroke
& command wet towels
& where's his mother???
& cradle his lil hot body
til someone goes for his grandma
who is raisin him
but
what if they argue about whose linen & he dies???

i want to cross & show u
separate & show u
what i can do
a detroit madonna
only she doesn't really-
no one has ever really
been able to tell me what she does-
& i really want to do sumthin
to really show u

what i can do

i don't wanna do no cerebral thang
like
read poetry
in some spot
where ppl can afford to pay to feign attention
to works better found in libraries
if they read
& not just wrote

but

i do want u to watch me watch jeopardy

{because i am smart
i'm as brilliant as a most brilliant 8th grader
durin teen week
& i'm always smarter than the celebrities
& i success in final jeopardy more than often
i really want u to know i'm smart, u can see}

but

u know i'm smart

& i write

i just know how to do so MANY thangs
kitchen
cleanin
babies
elderly
anticeptic
funny
shelter
best gift EVER
thangs

baby

w/my prettily set tables
w/my confrontin white folks w/good diction & direct eye contact


i just want u to see what i can do







-k l moore