(dedicated to richard sanderell, 1946-2021)
Oosa has bloodied the world
since the battle of Tippecanoe
The Moro Crater Massacre showed
oosan can-do through and through
How many graves put on layaway
as Oosa played at Dien Bien Phu
Displacement, genocide
Do sterile words offend you too?
All those bloody dictators bolstered
just to make a buck or two...
Those trails of tears tendered
courtesy of you-know-who
Peoples of color for whom
three fifths (or less) would do
Generations of wimyn
whose brilliance the world never knew
The poverty that pervades oosan people
A reign of self-terror we must undo
But Oosa didn't get everything wrong
Sweet friend, Oosa also made you
3 comments:
The real Cursive Writer would've appreciated this poetic tribute to him. Rest in peace, Richard Sanderell. Down with USA. All the way down--
Mr. Sanderell ... still a presence ... still in residence, in resonance ..the ripples in his wake ... in the reflecting water ... disturb the moon, stars, all of it ... and myself ... who stands there seeing myself moved in reflection, in heart and soul - as memories ring ... as his eyes meet mine.
I love this tribute to Richard Sanderell. Perhaps we will do a RS tribute theme reading at 1428 this year. I think he might show
up for it .. in happy spirit form , of course.
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