1november 2015 \u201cclassic memories\u201d<\/p>\n
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I danced with Nicolas Guillen under a Cuban sun<\/p>\n
Prepared halal leg of lamb for c\u2019ll.r.james on a brixton afyternoon<\/p>\n
Shared chile relleno with the bEArdens on tenth avenue then<\/p>\n
Was caught in the blackout at sardi\u2019s dining on porterhouse stake &<\/p>\n
Creamed spinach while Brooklyn burned and RicharD Long pontificated<\/p>\n
Took photos of manuel \u00a0puig and mommy in a tango<\/p>\n
Strolled\u00a0 the Detroit museum of art with ricHMOnd barthe<\/p>\n
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Dined on red sauce baked chicken from leon damas near dupont circle<\/p>\n
Sipped expresso with Guillermo Cabrera Infante and Miriam in their west London flat\/\/flew the same airplane as\u00a0 octavio paz &was in high<\/p>\n
Margarita altitudes before I hit la zona rosa or plaza santa cECILIA<\/p>\n
I Walzed like a jitterbug to max roach\u2019s snare drum\/ amidst bearden collages\/<\/p>\n
& sat my daughter on sun ra\u2019s lap so she cd get a blessing from the black cosmic conductor \/ remembered cecil tayler\u2019s shoulder tastes of<\/p>\n
Champagne and cocaine ,\/john biggers liked football I cdnt understand<\/p>\n
These blessings came like b reathing \/easily and without a plan<\/p>\n
But the world was\u00a0 lyrical & this ccollective genius so colored you cd smell em \/like the star gazer lilies lester bowie brought to me<\/p>\n
At the knitting factory \u00a0\/ this before he & malachi favors played<\/p>\n
I live in music with me\/these blessings c ame like<\/p>\n
Magic moments the drifters sing abt\/mystical nanoseconds of colored genius graced my life\/I cdnt have ever made it up\/<\/p>\n
Is \/ too marvelous even for dreams<\/p>\n
Fantastical beaux of my\/ everyday<\/p>\n
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Ntozake shange c I November 2015<\/p>\n
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This is the second thing i have typed with my<\/p>\n
very own fingers since<\/p>\n
July 29 ,2011 when the neuropathy struck.<\/p>\n
the first thing I typed was<\/p>\n
a poem that just came to me when I woke up.<\/p>\n
it felt easy likemyself again,<\/p>\n
but lost the first draft on the i-pad<\/p>\n
and tried\u00a0 to write it long hand .<\/p>\n
but my fingers cramped up so<\/p>\n
i gave up til I had washed up and put on some make-up\/<\/p>\n
dressed<\/p>\n
did some walking and hadda pepsi.<\/p>\n
then I decided to try my computer<\/p>\n
which was hooked up to dragon 13.<\/p>\n
i am making a lot of mistakes \/but bare with me\/<\/p>\n
I haven\/t touched a computer either and now have no computer skills<\/p>\n
that aren\u2019t elementary I am tryin g to rrmember and learn At the same<\/p>\n
Ttime.it is slow going but at least I have a chance of finding my voice.<\/p>\n
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