Erasing the Green

September 27, 199512

 

tearin down the ’jects creatin plush homes

Common, “Resurrection”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

towers torn before 9-11.                                     & no good times filmed here.

gaping wounds. living                                        fear of a nation & feeding

rooms gut bare. painted                                     frenzies on the carcass. the bare

walls for the city to see                                      skeletal dreams of public

brick tumble into graves, rubble                 housing returning to earth.

like barney. the stone age.                        dust.  ghost.   memory. maybe

headstones for Keisha                                   raise three-bedroom townhomes.

& Dantrell Davis. Girl X                                  the old grocery store where milk

marks the spot Candyman                       & lottery tickets sold/bought

minstreled celluloid screams                             sandwiched        between

in the throats of white america.                young professionals   like wonderbread.

an abacus of broken promises.                  cost an arm & leg       leg arm head.

an aberration too close to gold                 no g-d here, unless the church worship

coasts. wires wild like snakes. snakes                              the dollar.

like banks with redevelopment monies.                the irony.

HOPE grants. good times filmed here.     the green.