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decades ago when poet amiri baraka\u2019s
\nsurname jones rebuked for obscenity by
\nlangston hughes in essay \u201cthat boy leroi\u201d
\nnow almost eighty on stage with
\nfiftyish daughter at hammer museum and
\ncan\u2019t remember abstract impressionist
\npainter who dripped<\/p>\n

jackson pollock she said<\/p>\n

and the mexican muralist my man<\/p>\n

diego rivera she said<\/p>\n

baraka generally lucid especially recalling
\nduke ellington said imagine if we were in
\nplace where money falls from sky but you
\ncouldn\u2019t touch any of it<\/p>\n

well that\u2019s where you are baraka said maybe
\npoor should be able to sell their poverty <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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