(for Marilyn Pryce)
One day
Marilyn marched
beside me (demon-
stration)
and we ended up
at county farm
no phone
no bail
something about
“traffic vio-
lation”
which irrelevance
Marilyn dismissed
with a shrug
She
had just got
back
from
Paris France
In
the
Alabama
hell
she
smell-
ed
so
wonderful
like
spring
& love
&
freedom
She
wore a
SNCC pin
right between
her breasts
near her
heart
& with a chic
(on “jail?”)
accent
& nod of
condescent
to frumpy
work-house
hags
powdered her nose
tip-
toe
in a badge.