I’m not a rapper or a rhymer
I refuse to be defined except as poet
I’m a social climber, not on a timer
I’m an old timer, been through a lot
Since born
I’m a writer, half-assed extrovert, an undercover introvert
I write all day till my hands hurt
Use a keyboard and mouse to type
Send out memos to me and everyone else,
Letters, reminders,
So busy I go crazy
Live in a bluesday concert of my making
Try to avoid being hurt is like trying to avoid living
I indulge in frozen fruit parfait I make
Grab it! Life’s for the taking do our best to make it
matter.
Proclaim! … Black Lives Matter!
I cry for lost dreams. Houses made of stone
and glass, all wood inside the fame and fortune never gained, the way my heart
has been maimed, my life tamed and bought at the corner store. Dreams estranged
~ caught up in the buzz of busy bees living day to day in a maze on a pension
fund money I earned, not charity, driving safe in the slow zone. No airs or
golden chalices standardized morphing of reality leave me to blaze on a hot day
with no underwear. I fear the living dead. Live in my head less than half of it
never comes to be because I am alone, lost on a phone yet I want to be like Annie
Malone and be me. I want to be her, still, I see neither is he.
Change your tone; don't use your phone while
we're having this conversation.
I want to be Annie Malone – the first Black woman
in the US to take the world by storm.
Found her accidentally on the net while
searching for my old colleague Annie Malone.
Blown away in awe, – Annie Malone was ahead of
her time, born August 9, 1869 – A chime went off in my head to read…
American businesswoman, inventor, and
philanthropist, Annie Malone came from a simple life. Annie manufactured
products revolutionizing hair care for Black women. That’s my goal – be a hero,
a superwoman, a spokeswoman, for groups who appreciate a different kind of Annie
Malone, a noblewoman, a strong secure woman, a give society-her due woman instead
of suffering anxiety,
Gavin’s notoriety or mine. How much sobriety
do you need to see the vitality? Like royalty live by the misconception that
insanity is the rule of the day. People say they want different, yet prefer
compliance, ignore morality impiously siding with the majority, and fear authority.
Standing in a minority is gaining seniority. Gives me hope that one day we’ll
be a supermajority and redevelop the meaning of authority. The Cherokees are
the original owners yet were thrown away for currency.
Finally, accept this is life and I’d rather do this than push
up daisies
Keep all kinds of lists because the To Do’s persist
in running my existence while I attempt to stay cool ~be a
shamanist
Get more abstractionist as I age, when I was younger,
psychiatrists said I was too literal
Couldn’t see me being lyrical
I preach everyone’s crazy only some of us don’t recognize how
crazy we have become to survive.
