BEFORE
BEFORE THE FALL
to die of the beauty
of this light
of these reds + golds
of these flickering pods
of shadow
of these greens
oh the sound of this
autumn breeze
crinkling swish
+ birdsong
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October 21, 2000
FALL 2016
BEFORE THE FALL
to die of the beauty
of this light
of these reds + golds
of these flickering pods
of shadow
of these greens
oh the sound of this
autumn breeze
crinkling swish
+ birdsong
__
October 21, 2000
FALL 2016
PARCHMAN FARM
the barbed wire
the smoke stacks
the chains on the gang
the railroad cars in line
the line of Humanity
the guitar wailing out
the cries of the lost ones
on Parchman Farm
on Parchman Farm
when we were young
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September 24, 2000
for Illinois
on his 42nd
*(Parchman Farm is the oldest prison, and the only
maximum security prison for men in the state of
Mississippi)

Fall 2016
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