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from Who look at me?
Who look at me? Who see the children on their street the torn down door the wall complete an early losing games of ball the search to find a fatherhood a mothering of mind a multimillion multicolored mirror of an honest humankind? * look close and see me black man mouth for breathing (North and South) A MAN I am black alive and looking back at you. from Who Look at Me (1969) and from Directed by Desire. The Collected Poems of June Jordan. Copyright 2005 by the June M. Jordan Literary Estate Trust |
