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Women become 
goils gals grinning in the face of his 
no light 
Men become 
boys & slimy roosters crowing necros
in love with dressed up pimp stupidity death 
hey coah-ch 
wanna outlaw the dunk, cannot deal with skyman darrell 
or double dippin hip doctors deadly in flight 
cannot deal with Magic or Kareem...hey coah-ch coah-ch
bench yrself in the garbagecan of history o new imperial dog 
denying with lying images
our strength & African 
funky Beauty 

nomatter the three networks idiot chatter

Arthur Blythe 
Says 
it!
in the 
tradition 

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Tradition 
of Douglass 
of David Walker
Garnett
Turner
Tubman 
of ragers yeh 
ragers
(of Kings, & Counts, & Dukes
of Satchelmouths & SunRa's 
of Bessie's & Billies & Sassys 
& Ma's
Musical screaming
Niggers
yeh
tradition
of Brown Welles
& Brown Sterling 
& Brown Clifford 
of H Rap & H Box

Black baltimore sister blues antislavery singers
countless funky blind folks
& oneleg country beboppers
bottleneck in the guitarneck dudes
whispering thrashing cakewalking raging 
ladies 
& gents
getdown folks, elegant as 
skywriting
tradition
of DuBois
Baby Dodds & Lovie
Austin, Sojourner
I thought I heard Buddy Bolden

say, you're terrible
you're awful, Lester
why do you want to be 
the president of all this
of the blues and slow sideways
horn. tradition of blue presidents
locked up in the brig for wearing zoot suit 
army pants. tradition of monks & outside dudes
of marylous and notes hung vibrating blue just beyond just after 
just before just faster just slowly twilight crazier than europe or its
racist children 
bee-doo dee doop bee-doo dee dooo doop (Arthur 
tradition 
of shooters
& silver fast dribblers
of real fancy motherfuckers
fancy as birds flight, sunward/high
highhigh
sunward
arcs/swoops/spirals
in the tradition
1/4 notes
eight notes
16th notes
32nds, 64ths, 128ths, silver blue
presidents
of Langston & Langston Manifestos
Tell us again about the negro artist 
& the racial mountain so we will not
be negro artists, Mckay Banjoes and 
Homes in Harlem, Blue Black Boys & 
Little Richard Wrights. Tradition of