baby’s black
been had
ain’t bad
smokestacked
chicken shacked
dressed in black
silver monkey
on her back
mammy ma
juiced pa
janitored
between the law
brothers ten
rat-faced
gravestoned
ditch dug
firescaped an substroked
choked
baby black
hits back
robs, pawns
lives by trade
sits an waits on fire plug
digs the heat
eyes meet
picket line
across the street
head rings
of bed springs
freedom’s holler
you ask of order
she’d hock
the world
for a dollar an a quarter
baby black
dressed in black
gunny sack
about t’crack
been gone
carry on
i’m givin you
myself t pawn