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"On the Black Family" -
..
against the tyrannical soldierly sins
of the ones who beautify plastic and steel
and who fly themselves high on the failure to feel

...a middle-American of
moderate means with a two-car family
that is falling apart in a respectable
civilized
falling apart
mind-your-manners manner

"Moving towards Home" - a very powerful poem on The Sabra and Shatila Massacre (September 16–18 1982)

"Case in Point" - "silence peculiar to the female", silence of a woman being raped

"Letter to the Local Police" - absolutely love!

"Letter to the Local Police" - absolutely love!

"Song of the Law Abiding Citizen"

"It's Hard to Keep a Clean Shirt Clean"

"Focus in Real Time" a rice poem:-)