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lyrics
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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