Magic City by Yusef Komunyakaa
Author:Yusef Komunyakaa [Komunyakaa, Yusef]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
ISBN: 9780819512086
Publisher: Wesleyan
Published: 1992-09-14T18:30:00+00:00
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Gristmill
Black hands shucked
& shelled corn into a washtub
While a circle of ancient voices
Hummed ''Li'l Liza Jane."
Daddy shouldered a hundred-pound sack
To Mister Adam's gristmill.
The place was a moment of
Inertia. A horde of rough shoes
Against a revolving dancefloor.
Navel to navel. Slip-
Socket to ball-
Bearing & cogwheel.
Gears dragged & caught,
& the machine's calibrated
Rhythm kicked in.
An orgasm of golden dust
Clung to the wooden floor,
To the grass & leaves
Outside. A field holler
Travelled out, coming back
With the same sweaty cries
Elvis stole from R & B,
Like a millstone worn
Bright. Smooth, white hands
Halved the meal & husk:
One for you, two for me.
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