Black Be Black
Where was I when all this began?
First the trooping demands of the step,
then the marching, oh, the marching.
I cannot slide the paper to the tune,
their wickiups slide the miles,
into wherever I may have roamed.

Hey, see me? I have progressed,
there is no tune to stamp me.
I wander just as you have dictated,
as will your demand imply,
as will you swill your will.

I am a hybrid of what you stake,
don't drop me now I am birthed,
I find a kingdom in what was said,
In what was heard, so to the end
It is marked sharply, a pause

Let life leak in, slowly, slowly,
Until I am filled up, flush up,
with the day's final moments,
with the day's final mentions
and let black be black.

� 2000 DPMcClellan
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