tribute: the poet is shiva isis mothermary neffertiti & judy garland
together they got a 9 octave range/
keepin’ the whole world hummin’
i gotta to write
how beautiful it must be
to leave apparition on tile &
ride down the nile wit’ crocodile lightin’
fireflies ‘n cattails
sometimes i wear isis bracelets
& sashay down the streets like shiva/
& i deliver my fierceness
shoot/id marry ‘em all / be out predictin’
disasters/be my own fortune teller
have
a 1-man show at carnegie hall
my poems’ll clap so loud fo’ me & dey
gonna take care of me when i’m old/
dey’ll be datin’ other psalms
the boys like ntozake & the girls like allen ginsberg
cuz ever since dey was little
you’d swear their skirts were high & raunchy
& when i’m 95 & my back be hurtin’
& i can’t pick no letters
no more/
my little great haiku child/
wd’ve grown to be sestina & ask me
to march her down the aisle
so i’ll pull out mary’s wedding gown & veil/
& i’ll hand her neffertiti’s ring &
ol’ judy’s gonna be there/ yr gonna luv to hear hr sing
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