Southern Fried

southern fried prophet

Jim Crowe law God.

She served hot plates of sweet potato soul 

and barbecued blues

fatigued Negro hands cooked 

self evident truths in the kitchen

emancipation salted and brewed over the stove.

salvation was served for dinner:  

corn bread, mashed potatoes,  deep fried chicken, pork chops, 

collard greens, canned yams, chitlins, and macaroni and cheese.

she said it was the best damn meal 

below the Mason Dixon

and she had the grease stains

to prove it

her eldest son would rush to the kitchen

to grab his plate

making sure to blow on it to let it simmer

and he hated the bones

and he'd tell her "One day Momma, you gon' have me chokin' 

on one of these big ol' bones".

and she'd say

"better that, than lynched"

Reviews

[E.H. Monroe]

This thing not reviewed is a f*****g sin and all those who glanced over and didn't push the brilliance are goddamn infected monsters.

The rapid fire spoken word style rips through the mouth cavity, make the soul stand on end and speak it into existance.
The allusions to cooking, Crow, the freedom of slow roasted food and deep fried love are only made more powerful by the haunting last line that lives in history.

F*****g A, this was power of word

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Totally agree with E.H. Monroe. Wish I had something decent to say