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I want to live,
1 said
1 want to live,
1 want to find the sun that shines
1 want to experience an ocean that roars
1 want to feel a rainbow change
I want to be the pinnacle of a mountain
I want to feel the soul of the earth,
I want to
I want to
I want to
find, feel, be
Freeeee eee eeee
by Gabrielle Jeanne Girigorie
A Thought
I cannot give you happiness
For true happiness is found within the soul.
I can only help you extend and express that happiness to others within
the realm of our existence.
So do not tell me that the gift of my love will bring you happiness,
But that my love will bring you more happiness than you already
possess.
by Darlene L. Moses
ladies
at the
bar
on special nites
young black ladies
sit idly in
fashionable clubs
some lounge lazily
against the bar
like bored Siamese
cats
and the men
watch them
young black ladies
tired of being
lied to and then
made love to
and then lied to
they hope to find men
who will treat their
emotions like
Egyptian treasurers
their eyes search
face after face
their legs under
soft silk dresses
cross and
uncross
maybe dangle slowly
and the men match them
their hands chill
wet from holding
cold glasses of
pina coladas
the bolder ones dance
their hands touch
their hips
their tongues touch
their lips
and the men
watch them
when the evening
end
most of the
young black ladies
return home alone
fold their desires
pack them away in
tissue paper
with their soft
unsatisfied
longing
until another special nite
Beverly V. Head
Class of ’70
Dancin’ Man
0-0-0-0—I’m a dancin’ man!
My fast agile feet can mooooove, man!
Look at me twirl
Hey! Did you catch that step?
Snap my fingers—you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
Twirlin’ faster - get down-n-n- agile feet!
This disco’s hot, but it ain’t the heat!
It’s me-e-e, Brown Baby - see me move?
Oh-Oh—here’s my song, now I can really groove!
Get down with the sound,
Clap yo’ hands!
Oooooooo-wee! I’m a dancin’man !
by Rolonda G. Watts
Haitian boy and girl cooling out with a slush.
