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Morehouse
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Tue Oct-11-05 08:42 PM

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"now we both know that i'm a nigger..."


  

          

I.

but we keep having
the same misunderstandings
(have you noticed?)

i mind my own,but you, you
just can't get enough
of putting your hands on me.

i think you might love me,
but the tough way you know,
cuz when you leave sometimes
my eyes swollen shut

and i can't move my neck
or my leg is broken
or my child can't breathe
or there's money missing

from my wallet.the same money
you gave me yourself,remember?


yes,sometimes we do voodoo
to keep our feet off the ground
after you hang us
and in the cajun night,

we do spill a little
hot sauce on the sidewalk
while you're beating
the devil out of our heads
(we know it's for our own good)

but we always clean it up
and praise the lord we never ask
for no trouble,it just creeps up
on us like a godawful storm

that's been coming since
the beginning of time,
and we always knew about it
but prayed time would change
its nasty old ways...

  

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Subject Author Message Date ID
Yeah man...
Oct 11th 2005
1
the sarcasm was so thick
Oct 11th 2005
2
Speechless
Oct 11th 2005
3
RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger...
Oct 12th 2005
4
This put
Oct 12th 2005
5
sick
Oct 14th 2005
6
Up^
Nov 04th 2005
7
they love the word nigger up here in nc
Nov 05th 2005
8
where u at in NC?
Dec 01st 2005
19
where u at in NC?
Dec 01st 2005
20
RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger...
Nov 06th 2005
9
I'm just gonna have to keep uppin this...
Nov 25th 2005
10
I second that motion
Nov 25th 2005
11
damn...just damn
Nov 25th 2005
12
it's amazing
Nov 25th 2005
13
"heavy, heavy, heavy" (c) jay dilla
Nov 25th 2005
14
RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger...
Nov 25th 2005
15
RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger...
Nov 25th 2005
16
RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger...
Nov 25th 2005
17
yo
Nov 30th 2005
18
Hey now..
Dec 01st 2005
21
I am humbled by your talent my friend...
Dec 01st 2005
22
I'm witchu whenyou right.
Dec 02nd 2005
23

Nowachaoticthing
Member since Dec 24th 2002
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Tue Oct-11-05 08:58 PM

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1. "Yeah man..."
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I'm pissed about that shit in New Orleans too... as if the neglect were enough, now the so-called protectors of the peace are wailin on innocent victoms in the street... folks who have already endured far too much...

There's no way that I could express my outrage as eloquently as you have here, and I salute you for it.

  

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MiracleRic
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Tue Oct-11-05 10:07 PM

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2. "the sarcasm was so thick"
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it could be cut with a knife

maybe sarcasm isnt the right word but this was semi-depressing

Let me sport my Air Hyperbole 2010s in peace. (c) ansomble

Building repetoires (c) spm since 1983

  

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InGeniousPoet
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Tue Oct-11-05 10:17 PM

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3. "Speechless"
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________________________________________
"With peace and love in my lungs,
I hold my breath until the Poet returns."

--Boxcarboys

  

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Intrepid Vixen
Member since Nov 07th 2004
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:10 PM

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4. "RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger..."
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It's nice to come back on the boards and still see you doing your thing B. Very nice piece. Eloquently and elegantly put with the right punch to the self-conscious.
~~~~~~~~
if you like my poems let them
walk in the evening,a little behind you

then people will say
"Along this road i saw a princess pass
on her way to meet her lover(it was
toward nightfall)with tall and ignorant servants." e.e. cummings

  

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marijane
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Wed Oct-12-05 04:25 PM

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5. "This put"
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A peach sized pit in the base of my soul. i was intruingingly disturbed to the point where I could not stop reading for my life. LOVE. Keep shining!

_____________________________________
WITH CUZ (STACEY) GONE, I'LL NEVER REALLY BE HERE AGAIN

I swear I'm a marry an OKP


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UncleClimax
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6. "sick"
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yes yes my brother. this is it. for real..where's your book?

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Nowachaoticthing
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Fri Nov-04-05 06:24 PM

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7. "Up^"
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"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."
- Robert Frost

My crappy blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/eyes_of_mine/

Comming soon... "Blind Eye Turning"

  

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mindful
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8. "they love the word nigger up here in nc"
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thought i was free of it by moving from ga, guess not...

most powerful lines:

we do spill a little
hot sauce on the sidewalk
while you're beating
the devil out of our heads
(we know it's for our own good)

but we always clean it up
and praise the lord we never ask
for no trouble,it just creeps up
on us like a godawful storm

that's been coming since
the beginning of time,
and we always knew about it
but prayed time would change
its nasty old ways...

*nods*

but this comes as no surprise. you're such a consistent writer.

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http://www.lulu.com/content/132318

http://msmind.blogspot.com

thighs taut like two front teeth
down pressing a full bottom lip
©Boon Quadroon

  

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Prolif
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19. "where u at in NC?"
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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/lifthalegend_music.htm

"u wanna play ball or u wanna fight?" -- ray brown in the gym

  

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Prolif
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20. "where u at in NC?"
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n/m

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/lifthalegend_music.htm

"u wanna play ball or u wanna fight?" -- ray brown in the gym

  

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soulchild
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Sun Nov-06-05 10:49 PM

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9. "RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger..."
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cool.


soul.

  

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Nowachaoticthing
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10. "I'm just gonna have to keep uppin this..."
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...Or, I'm gonna have to request that this be archived.

This is a keeper. Who's with me?



"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."
- Robert Frost

My crappy blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/eyes_of_mine/

Comming soon... "Blind Eye Turning"

  

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daniemuse
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Fri Nov-25-05 02:42 AM

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11. "I second that motion"
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This piece is beautifully sad. I am moved beyond expression.
D

D. Scott
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http://anewqueendom.blogspot.com

  

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Instant_Vintage
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12. "damn...just damn"
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Giovanni
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13. "it's amazing"
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Fri Nov-25-05 09:17 AM by Giovanni

          

how you're growing as a writer. With each piece, the writing gets stronger. Keep writing, reading, or doing whatever it is your doing. peace.


*note: sorry about the ritual.. we will try to pick that back up soon*

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seraph219
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14. ""heavy, heavy, heavy" (c) jay dilla"
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you doing some wicked
things w/ the language
really poinant
especially in this
post-katrina world

  

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Amai_1
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Fri Nov-25-05 02:36 PM

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15. "RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger..."
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This is wonderful, in such a heart-breaking way.

  

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LIFeForm
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Fri Nov-25-05 03:22 PM

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16. "RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger..."
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This makes me think of something an old poet would say...maybe if Langston was still living he would've wrote something like that...that's a pretty deep little something. I thought I was reading into a stormy interracial relationship...didn't know it was a stormy interracial relationship of the kind we all know so well...not between a man and a woman, but between the two races, black and white. Them's some mighty words...

...John Hancock

  

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HueyNewton
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Fri Nov-25-05 04:46 PM

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17. "RE: now we both know that i'm a nigger..."
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word, pure realness yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flex da truth in all ya endeavors!!!

they showed us phYsically, we could reach infinitY, but mentally, through the century, we lost our identitY
-Rakim

  

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UncleClimax
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18. "yo"
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ur fucking good. someone archive this.

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Whateva
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Thu Dec-01-05 02:51 PM

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21. "Hey now.."
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That's some good writing. Great job man.

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Why do "scientists" constantly produce statistics based on "race", a social construct?

  

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BarTek
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Thu Dec-01-05 08:30 PM

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22. "I am humbled by your talent my friend..."
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~After 12, I'm worse than a gremlin, feed me Hip Hop and I start trembling! (c) Rakim

~Yes to Sex.. No to War.. Fighting is Frightening.. Yes to Sex.. It's so Much More Exciting! (c) BEP

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ToeJam
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23. "I'm witchu whenyou right."
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>I.

Does this indicate it's one in a series?

Very well done.

  

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