These have been Days
These are the times
I’ve been having
and these are the Days of the Times of my Life.
I’ve been having the Time of my Life.
I’ve been living these Days of Our Lives
and sometimes ·
I can see you from the Pepper-Trees
along the Spice Roads
to the sea
to the sea
to the sea green Please
I don’t mean to
I don’t want to
I don’t have to
Bottle and Dish
Shimmer and Swish
Suffer and Wish
Turtle and Fish
These have been Women
with Breasts swollen with Drops
of Curdled Milk to feed their Pasty/Bloated Children
(makes me sick to smell the vomit; I am sickened by the Stench)
And in these Days
I’ve been having
Down by the Sea
I remember
Blue
Spangled in Time
with Stars as Evening sets in.
I want my mommy
I want my freedom
I want my mommy
I want my freedom
to go
but
I love Security
but
I don’t mean to
I don’t want to
I don’t have to
Bottle and Wish ••••••••••••••••••••(BANG!)
Shimmer and Swish ………….(BANG!)
Suffer and Dish ………………. (WALLA-WALLA-)
Turtle and Fish••••••••••••(BING-BONG!)
Bongos beat upon my head
I’m a nigger-Ape a-whooping, I’m a nigger-Ape a-hooping
Going Back to the Trees to be with the Fleas
the ticks and the flies
and the NAACP
ho taught me how to eat Bananas
and how to be cute
and furry on the Safari of America/
and Be The Exemplary Zoo Creature
I swing (BANG!_BANG!_BONGA!_)
from Tree (BANG!_BANGA!_BONG!_BONG!_)
to Tree with (BANG!_BANG!_BONGA!_)
Vmes the same (BANG!_ BANGA!_BONG!_ BONG!_)
Vines, the chains (BANG!_BANG!_BONGA!_)
around my neck like lynches (BANG!_BANGA!_BONG!_BONG!_)
Vines the same as Mulatto Tarzan’s (BANG!_BANG!….BONGA!_)
Whips around my neck (BANG!_BANGA_BONG! _BONG!_)
Crimes the same as Stereotypes
around my neck
and I say keep
your fucking Labels!
I’d rather be Rich
than any Ol’ welfare-meat-eatin’ Off -the-street-niggah, I’d rather
be a Dick-lickin’ Faggot than any ol’ niggah with some Big 01′ Gold Teefahs
in my Grill (Scared some Night
one Unfriendly MotherFucka gonna Dig Him a
Gold Mine in my Face!) or Some
big or Medallion around my neck of Africa and my Nazi PinkTriangle
of My Dear Queer Nation, I’d rather
be Bisexual
than Pure Homo
(Because I’m Greedy like the Good Capitalist!)
and any Ol’ niggah will tell ya I’d rather be Dead
than a Living Label, ·
Death in Flesh that breathes and Believes that it is Alive!
(CHAINS AROUND MY NECK!)
When it is Popular
When it is Evil
When it is Satan
Fuck me for Jesus, why don’t you?
Fuck Me for Jesus, Why Don’t You!?
Bottled and Ditched
Seething and Stitched
Bloodied, you Bitch!
Turtle and Fish
By the Sea
By the Sea
By the Sea Swallow Me.
When I am not your Daughter
When I am Not For Slaughter
When I am Underwater
I see little bitty fishies
I see little bitty titties
and Miss Octopussy”s Clitties! ·
That’s Right!
Eight Pussies for the Penis
that fits My Pants like a Glove!
That’s Right!
Eight (Count ’em!) Pussies for the Man
Who likes to Eat Pussy for a Living
and Because I loves Pussy
So Much
Why Don’t You Let Me Sell My Pussy?
It’s a wonderful Business
It’s a Buyer’s Market.
Tax-Free Pussy for Sale! Come and Get it!
It’s Mine! It’s
MY Pussy; Let me sell my Pussy/Come on ……… Don’t Be Like That/Let Me
Sell My Kitty on the Comer. ·
Us Honeys
needs to Make Us
some Money,
MuthaFucka
I didn’t mean to
I didn’t want to
I didn’t have to
But I’d rather sell my Ass
than write Politically-Correct Poetry
and I’d rather be Dead
to your claim
that only My Melanin’s Representing Life
Alive and a
Living Label, in Livid Color.
Let Humanity
save Itself/
and Let Me
Entertain You
Let Humanity
save Itself/
and Let Me
Entertain You/
A Nigger of the World!
(BANG! _BANG!_BONGA!_)
Bloody Black Bitch
(BANG!_BANGA! _BONG!_BONG!_)
Turtle and F1Sh
(BANG!_BANG!_BONGA! _)
And Sometimes you drive me Underneath Your Car
(BANG!_BANGA!_BONG!_BONG!_)
Turtle and FJSh
(BANG!_BANG!_BONGA!_)
And Sometimes I see You from the Burning Stars
(BANG!_BANGA!_BONG!_BONG!_)
Turtle and Fish
(BANG!_BANG!_BONGA! _)
And Sometimes You Kill me Underneath Your Car
(BANG!_BANGAl_BONG!_BONG!)
Turtle and Fish
(BANG!_BANG!_BONGA!_)
And Sometimes I can See You from the Burning Stars
(BANG!_BANGA! _BONG!_ BONG!_)
Bloody Black Bitch
And Sometimes I can See You from the Burning Stars
18, April 1991
East Village, NYC
I’m Not Afraid of the Dark #33
Finnegan