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Alla Tha's All Right, but
Somebody come and carry me into a seven-day kiss I can’ use no historic no national no family bliss I need an absolutely one to one a seven-day kiss I can read the daily papers I can even make a speech But the news is stuff that tapers down to salt poured in the breach I been scheming about my people I been scheming about sex I been dreaming about Africa and nightmaring Oedipus the Rex But what I need is quite specific terrifying rough stuff and terrific I need an absolutely one to one a seven-day kiss I can’ use no more historic no national no bona fide family bliss Somebody come and carry me into a seven-day kiss Somebody come on Somebody come on and carry me over there! from Passion (1980) and from Directed by Desire. The Collected Poems of June Jordan. Copyright 2005 by the June M. Jordan Literary Estate Trust |