a poem to complement other poems
don l lee (haki madhubuti)
change.
life if u were a match i wd light u into something beautiful,

change.
change.
for the better into a realreal together thing. change, from

a make believe
nothing on corn meal and water. change.
change. from the last drop to the first, maxwellhouse

did. change.
change was a programmer for IBM, thought him was a

brown computer. change.
colored is something written on southern out-

houses. change.
grayhound did, i mean they got rest rooms on buses.

change.


change.
change nigger.
saw a nigger hippy, him wanted to be different. changed.
saw a nigger liberal, him wanted to be different.

changed.
saw a nigger conservative, him wanted to be different.

changed.
niggers dont u know that niggers are different. change.
a doublechange. nigger wanted a double zero in front of

his name. a license to kill,
niggers are licensed to be killed. change. a negro: something
pigs eat.
change. i say change into a realblack righteous aim. like i

dont play
saxophone but that dont mean i dont dig trane.

change.


change.
hear u coming but yr/steps are too loud. change. even a lamp

post changes nigger.
change, stop being an instant yes machine. change.
niggers dont change they just grow. thats a change;

bigger & better niggers.

change, into a necessary blackself.
change, like a gas meter gets higher.
change, like a blues song talking about a righteous tomorrow.
change, like a tax bill getting higher.
change, like a good sister getting better.
change, like knowing wood will burn. change.
know the realenemy.
change,
change nigger: standing on the corner, thought him was

cool. him still

standing there. its winter time, him cool.

change,
know the realenemy.
change: him wanted to be a TV star. him is. ten o clock

news.

wanted, wanted. nigger stole some lemon & lime

popsicles,

thought them were diamonds.
change nigger change.
know the realenemy.
change: is u or is u aint. change. now now change. for the

better change.

read a change. live a change. read a blackpoem.

change. be the realpeople.

change. blackpoems.
will change:

know the realenemy. know the realenemy. change

yr/enemy change know the real change know the realenemy change, change, know the

realenemy, the realenemy, the real
realenemy change your the enemies/ change your change

your change your enemy change
your enemy. know the realenemy, the worlds enemy.

know them know them know them the
realenemy change your enemy change your change

change change your enemy change change
change change your change change change change
your
mind nigger.