In response to a challenge while waiting for a meeting to start

The Ultimate Slam Poem

I
I am
Po-am
I
I am prophet
non-Profit
the eye of the storm
the way past the norm
into the heart of
AmeriKKKa
Words never fail me
Words alone cannot jail me
You cannot see the way I am

Po-Am

Words that slide long liquid light across
the cosmos
Words that probe like the hard dick of Father Time
into the moist center of this our
Mother
Our mother
violated by the cock of the spirit of Man
as so many have been violated by the men themselves
a woman washes down a Prozac with Sunny D
every thirty seconds in America
unable to shake the depression
caused by repression
and the shackles of oppression
enforced by aggression
and this is not who I choose to be
I am you and you are me
and the woman in you makes me ashamed of the man in me

I am

Po-am

Running the ragged raped street
Rolling the the way we roll because
there’s no choice because
in this country it’s illegal to be cause
for alarm

Po-Am

It’s possible to be a rapist
and get away with it
It’s possible to be a killer and
get away with it if you are
standing with your pants full of money
somewhere on a golf course playing in a

Pro-Am

and the Indians are dying
and the children are dying
and the ghetto is still here
and the war still goes on
the way the poem still goes on
how long must this poem go on
before we see it end

I
I am
Poem
I Am
Po-Am

I can stand here all night if need be
I can keep reading all night if need be
And I can tell you’ll be better off if I keep reading all night
because the revolution will not be edited
The revolution will be over there somewhere
just far enough off to keep it in perspective
while I get a new pen

About Tony Brown

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A poet with a history in slam, lots of publications; my personal poetry and a little bit of daily life and opinions. Read the page called "About..." for the details. View all posts by Tony Brown

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