Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow by Dorian Hairston
Author:Dorian Hairston [Hairston, Dorian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780813198866
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2023-11-18T00:00:00+00:00
when he stopped the bus
on one of our road trips
asking me to hop
on a boat and lead
folk to freedom,
I remind him my ancestors
say we tired of outrunning
u.s. lynch mobs here and abroad.
he showed up to the field
looking for the bronzed bambino
so I used the nearest bat to help
him pronounce my name right.
when he asked me to go fight
for all his glory somewhere else
while he still hunts me here,
I drew him a flag and lady liberty
on a baseball, handed it to the opposing
pitcher, and showed everyone exactly
what I think about his army.
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