I ain't seen no poems stop a .38,
I ain't seen no stanzas brake a honkie's head,
i ain't seen no metaphors stop a tank,
I ain't seen no words kill
& if the word was mightier than the sword
Pushkin wouldn't be fertilizing russian soil
& until my similes can protect me from a night stick
I guess i'll keep my razor
& buy more bullets.
Don L. Lee (Haki R. Madhubuti)
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