Auction Block Poems

IN THE CHANGING TIME A'COMING

...Indeed, the truth will always be self-evident

and beyond all lies;

Though they laid down the 5th to ensure deniability

of evident charges,

Over the trials of history—his-story—true crime ...

TODAY'S LESSON

...TODAY’S LESSON…         

Shakespeare staged the world;
the auction block a memic—
Othello, its prize:-

Truth is always deep;
revealing reality—
liberating minds:-

Truth’s love never lies...

The Day the Chains Fell

...The air smells different now
cleaner, somehow.
Like a breath I’ve never taken before.
June, 1865,
a warm wind brushes against my skin,
and I stand taller than I ever thought I could.
No more th...

A Lesson From the Auction of Damnation

...

In the auction of damnation
They sell souls of the damned,
Those who plummet from the summit
On the auction block will land.
If hell is where you’re heading
Prepare for being bought,
But if...

Escape of the Bluesman's Song

...Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch   a rickety chair   
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your old pair of getaway feet gives 
a different walk of life...

Count It With Numbers - Gulf of Guinea, September, 1839

...Dropped anchor off the Fever Coast 
‘board a rake-masted schooner
Spooked by Ahab’s ghost. 
Lamps glowered through the yawning blanks
Casting bone-twisted shadows 
Over teakwood planks.
Salt bi...

The Trap

...This is the home of the heartless 
Corporate concrete
Where you become captive 
To the same things you thought set you free
Where solutions to society's problems 
Don't correct anything 
Class ...

When Deferred Dreams Become Blurred Visions: Apropos of Hughes's Proverbial Question

...What happens when rotten strange fruit…
	Hanging from trees of auction block wood
	Become stinking pieces of black flesh…
	Dried blood putrefying in murderous streets…?

	When crystallized tears...

Eve of Destruction

...We have seen every ghastly act and recorded it.
Yet more grisly deeds yellow in archives
waiting to be resuscitated and refined.
 
Tyrannosaurus Rex awakes in a drop of amber,
takes a gander, de...

Figurines

...Figurines


Lace up your shoes
Wear your black hoodie 
And your Timberland’s, too
You’ll never know what ‘ll happen to you 
Or where you’ll end up
On your way home 

Your ancestors have wal...

Living On Titanic Land

...

I’m the son of a slave,
living in ancient Greece of modern day
I was born in a city-state:
Detroit, South Carolina
Iron oar delivery
through the transactional Middle Passage way
...

Car Number Sixteen

...This train is coming down the main
This train is rocking my brain
This train is the overcrowded train
This train is washing in the rain
This train is the messy train
This train is filled with pa...

When Deferred Dreams Become Blurred Visions

...(Apropos of Hughes’s Proverbial Question)

What happens when rotten strange fruit…
Hanging from trees of auction block wood
Become stinking pieces of black flesh…dried blood
Putrefying in murder...

Hard Butter Lies

...
The powers that be
love keeping vital things hidden from view,
necessary things we need to know
Survival is up for sell
on the lottery auction block
But the bids are rigged
Who should ...

The Whips of History - 1

...This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education, 
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate it's intention,
feel it's supple weight, the simpl...

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