president courts black votes…

the brown bag prophet
had just
finished
seeing
a new political ad
when
i ran into him
outside
my favorite
coffee shop
he said
now ain’t this a bitch
the orange glow president
is touting
his
accomplishments
for
the black community
this
is
the same man
who sent
his
abominable albino hounds
of
hell
to confront
peaceful demonstrators
over
government
sanctioned
murders
of
black brothers and sisters
around
this nation
and
now
that
he needs our votes
he’s
suddenly
our best friend
offering
cash for votes
and
a new federal holiday
celebrating a day
that
he
was going
to
memorialize
whiteness
in
tulsa
until
the virus
came along
and
ain’t this the same man
who removed
mailboxes
from
our neighborhoods
so
we
couldn’t vote
and
sent goon squads
when
we
held up
demonstration signs
and
showed up to vote
hell
i’m pretty certain
he’s gonna claim
to be
a relative
of
kunta kinte
as
soon
as
he
gets
his white sheet off

reopening america’s schools…

small
and
insignificant child
you
will be
canonized
some day
as
you
and
your peers
those
unwitting martyrs
to
the cause
of
the global economy
go back
to
school
so
your
parents
can
go back
to work
your deaths
will be
for
the greater good
of
the profit margin
and
the president’s
re-election campaign
as well as
bolstering
his
ego

 

house call…

i was surprised
to see the brown bag prophet
standing on a corner
near a downtown
store front church
since
he has
often
said
those folks
firmly believe that
charity
starts at home
their home
always adding
that they can
barely
keep up their payments
on the american dream
let alone
help someone
in need
his previous position statements
warranted my asking
why he was there
he said
there’s a scheduled
presidential political rally
in the park
across the street
and
i’m here
to fight cancer
the cancer
of racism
which is endemic
in america
and
has been ignored
and
untreated for centuries
the very body
of this nation
is rotting away
the current crop
of candidates
are festering sores
of that racism
i’m certain
that my presence
won’t cure it
but
will
irritate the hell out
of those unwilling
to treat it

careful not to get burned…

aunt bea
in the kitchen
was blanching
a mess of green beans
and
some sweet corn
when i
stopped by
she
paused
from her work
and
asked
how many
future employers
had offered me
an opportunity
to develop
a memorandum of understanding
with other candidates for the position
on the questions
to be asked
during the interview
i indicated
none
and that
such behavior
would constitute a case
of conflict-of-interest
she said
then
why
do we do it
with presidential
election debates

aunt bea for president…

aunt bea
announced
during
church confessionals
that she’d
be running
for president
i
somewhat gingerly
noted her
age
and she
reminded me
that
hair coloring
was an age
equalizing force
used by most politicians
further
she noted
unlike many
on the campaign trail
most of her past lovers
are dead
and
would not
be coming forth
to jeopardize
her campaign
plus
she noted
those who
are alive
would
not
be complaining
about
a damn
thing
since
they’re
still
smiling

 

Please note that Gabrielle Bryden made the suggestion that Aunt Bea run for president…therefore Aunt Bea has appointed Gabrielle as her official campaign manager.