JERRY 1967
four hundred years of pressure
anxious eyes
who was his father? where was his place?
so what if he's white
so what if she's black
non-violent answer to his dream/ guitar
strapped to back/her eyes find
their way into this song: miscegenation
in the restaurant at breakfast
the drunk dashiki called him honky
how dare she allow
whitey to befoul her womb
or the time outside the liquor store
the nigger junky picked his pocket
all they had in the world
seven dollars
he could not fight back
history lay between them
her hunger an ocean he could not swim
love did not survive injustice
opaque eyes . she couldn't protect him
nor he, she
