3 min readApr 5, 2024
True American
(for Langston Hughes & Amiri Baraka)
i am a true American,
a blue veined, red blooded
peace loving patriot
of the highest order
a west african dandy,
born the bastard child
of dirty old uncle sam,
who sneaked out the backdoor
of the big house, & crept through
the brambles and the bushes &