Ishmael Reed
A scientist says that
Crows can recognize
Human faces
After
He released those
He’d tested in labs
They’d harass him
Whenever he took
A walk
I guess that’s why crows
Don’t talk to
Me any more
Strolling along the path
Of the Emeryville Marina
We used
To be good buddies
They’d do three caws
And I would
answer with three
And then they
Would do four caws and
I’d respond with four
But now they’re silent
I must have said the
Wrong thing
I guess they’re on to me
I guess they’re saying among
Themselves
There goes that fellow
Who thinks he’s one of
Us
I never got as close to
A crow as Marlyse
Her mother bought
Gustav for five Swiss francs
He used to follow her
To school,
And would perch on a
Tree outside her
Classroom
He’d stand on her
Shoulder when she
Went horseback riding
Her step father
And brothers hated Gustav
When he flew into their
Bedroom window, the
Brothers smothered him with
Linen and laughed as he
Struggled
After that, the brothers
Were objects of his furious
Pecking
He’d tear out their hair
He crow-sacked the kitchen
Broke dishes
Covered himself with
Flour
When Marlyse returned from
Catholic school
She found that the step father
Had shot the crow
She never forgave him
ISHMAEL REED
Ishmael Reed- Author of twenty-seven published books to date, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist. He is also a publisher, editor of thirteen anthologies and numerous magazines, blogger for the San Francisco Chronicle, television producer, media commentator, teacher and lecturer. A 1972 manifesto inspired a major visual art exhibit and book, “NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith,” curated by Franklin Sirmans for The Menil Collection in Houston, where it opened June 27, 2008, and , through 2009, subsequently traveled to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, and the Miami Art Museum . Reed’s forthcoming book is titled, JUICE!
Gustav
Ishmael Reed
A scientist says that
Crows can recognize
Human f
Gustav
Ishmael Reed
A scientist says that
Crows can recognize
Human faces
After
He released those
He’d tested in labs
They’d harass him
Whenever he took
A walk
I guess that’s why crows
Don’t talk to
Me any more
Strolling along the path
Of the Emeryville Marina
We used
To be good buddies
They’d do three caws
And I would
answer with three
And then they
Would do four caws and
I’d respond with four
But now they’re silent
I must have said the
Wrong thing
I guess they’re on to me
I guess they’re saying among
Themselves
There goes that fellow
Who thinks he’s one of
Us
I never got as close to
A crow as Marlyse
Her mother bought
Gustav for five Swiss francs
He used to follow her
To school,
And would perch on a
Tree outside her
Classroom
He’d stand on her
Shoulder when she
Went horseback riding
Her step father
And brothers hated Gustav
When he flew into their
Bedroom window, the
Brothers smothered him with
Linen and laughed as he
Struggled
After that, the brothers
Were objects of his furious
Pecking
He’d tear out their hair
He crow-sacked the kitchen
Broke dishes
Covered himself with
Flour
When Marlyse returned from
Catholic school
She found that the step father
Had shot the crow
She never forgave him
ISHMAEL REED
Ishmael Reed- Author of twenty-seven published books to date, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist. He is also a publisher, editor of thirteen anthologies and numerous magazines, blogger for the San Francisco Chronicle, television producer, media commentator, teacher and lecturer. A 1972 manifesto inspired a major visual art exhibit and book, “NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith,” curated by Franklin Sirmans for The Menil Collection in Houston, where it opened June 27, 2008, and , through 2009, subsequently traveled to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, and the Miami Art Museum . Reed’s forthcoming book is titled, JUICE!