Bellyroot of america

from The Groan by BEAST

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by: james perkinson

(Mariwo Ye ye ye Mariwo Ogun Mariwo)

preacher preaches flung notes of sun

foot in the grave thump of dead rising

pelvic ground round world

gyrating limb of fruit

slice the plumb of night

bite the apple

peel the shadow

open the eyeball

climb inside the light and down

idea-root of raised hair

rib-walk of ancestor talk

talking my name

shouting cemeteries of summons

singing europe back to africa

singing america under water

singing me below the ground

spine is crossroads

cranium chamber of clatter

hand over hand they climb the leg

one hair-bristle at a time

like wetness rising

like cold beneath the feet

like a stammering gum of dread

grinning revelation

laughing blood tongues

dripping alarm bells

coming up the go down

coming on like the truth of brown

is this jesus?

are you the whale of jonah?

my head is a split nail

my left foot leads the world

i am ogou-glint of bullet thought

syllable of dent-in-the-head

sign of a broken rhyme

the hard red in your eye

dancing shivers into the space of existence

this is revolution in a bone

throat of running horse

elephant grunt of hunger

cock crow on the loose

growling reparation

thunder whiskey coal mouth swallowing swords

belching forges

orifice of time

bent angle of showdown

and i am the caught thief of hemisphere

answering to a continent

bloat is my crime

ocean my fine

becoming someone’s meal

the real sign of my destiny

do you shine before me, jesus,

like a jaw full of teeth?

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from The Groan, released June 6, 2017

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