June Jordan Poems

well I wanted to braid my hair
bathe and bedeck my
self so fine
so fully aforethought for
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Infinity doesn't interest me

not altogether
anymore
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We didn't always need affirmative action
When we broke this crazy land into farms
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At least she was riding
beside
somebody going somewhere
fast
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Hey Baby you betta
hurry it up!
Because
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How do we come to be here next to each other
in the night
Where are the stars that show us to our love
inevitable
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It’s a sunlit morning
with jasmine blooming
easily
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I

honey people murder mercy U.S.A.
the milkland turn to monsters teach
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Quit?
Save?
Sign Off?
Cancel?
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Because it was raining outside the palace
Because there was no rain in her vicinity
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