If I cannot feed myself
I will let you bathe me
If I cannot clean myself
I will let you teach me
If I cannot read myself
I will let you tease me
If I cannot laugh myself
I will let you taste me
If I cannot eat myself
I will let you face me
If I cannot see myself 

James Boggs was a Detroit auto worker, activist, and author. Nearly 60 years ago he analyzed revolutionary movements in the Americas and described their role in hastening the U.S. empire’s decline. 
— Read on www.blackagendareport.com/document-decline-united-states-empire-james-boggs-1963

didn’t know enuf
to be acting up
i was tough 
i was looking out
i was looking down
what a crown
what a prize
quelle surprise
no one notice me 
feeling blue
holy brown
like sargasso sea 

i’m putting it together for myself 
figuring out what works 
and what don’t 

i’m pushing the levers
to see if they on

i’m staring
death in
the face

i like 
what
i see 

Aqui
Se Habla Espanol
all the time
Aqui you salute your flag first
Aqui there are no dial soap commercials
Aqui everybody smells good
Aqui tv dinners do not have a future
Aqui the men and women admire desire
and never get tired of each other
Aqui Que Pasa Power is what’s happening
Aqui to be called negrito
means to be called LOVE
— Read on www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58396/puerto-rican-obituary