Riot: 60's

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Poem

Our

YOUR FRIEND CHARLIE pawnshop

was a glorious blaze

I heard the flames lick

then eat the trays

of zircons

mounted in red gold alloys

Easter clothes and stolen furs

burned in the attic

radios and teevees

crackled with static

plugged in

only to a racial outlet

Some

thought the FRIENDLY FINANCE FURNITURE CO.

burned higher

When a leopard print sofa with gold legs

(which makes into a bed)

caught fire

an admiring groan from the waiting horde

“Absentee landlord

you got that shit”

Lighting: a hundred Watts

Detroit, Newark and New York

Screeching nerves, exploding minds

lives tied to a policeman’s whistle

a welfare worker’s doorbell

finger.

Hospitality, southern-style

corn pone grits and you-all smile

whole blocks novae

brand new stars

policemen caught in their

brand new cars

Chugga chugga chigga

git me one nigga

lootin’ n burnin’

he won’t git far

Watermelons, summer ripe

grey neck bones and boiling tripe

supermarket roastin like the

noon-day sun

national guard nervous with his shiny gun

goose the motor quicker

here’s my nigga picka

shoot him in the belly

shoot him while he run

Summary

Author

Racism Issue

Reference