
A little under four years ago, I wrote
this post about a public conversation
Cave Canem had organized between
Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez. There, Clifton read "september song: a poem in 7 days". My notes where incomplete -- I could only remember a few lines -- but I'd wanted to record them. I recently found the complete poem on the
Lyric Poetry Review website. See it
here. Below is an excerpt from the part that struck me so hard:
. . . some of us know
we have never felt safe
all of us americans
weeping
as some of us have wept
before
is it treason to remember
what have we done
to deserve such villainy
nothing we reassure ourselves
nothing . . .
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