(for Ida B Wells, Billie Holiday, Abel Meeropol & The Rosenberg Children)
Hangin from a tree
Dead hair
Hangin from a tree
Dead scalp
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Dead eyes
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Dead nose
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Dead mouth
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Dead ears
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Dead neck
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Dead head
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Dead shoulders
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Dead arms
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Dead hands
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Dead torso
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Dead legs
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Dead feet
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Dead muscle
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Dead blood
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Dead skin
Hangind from a tree
Dead Reproductive Organs
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Dead Bodies
Hangin from a tree
Dead Black Bones
Hangin from a tree
Tarred & feathered
Beaten & tortured
Lynched Black People
Hangin from a tree
They will come
The Bourgeoisie
Blowing their bugle
To fight their Wars
Let’s take their Confederate Flag
& Bum it
From a tree
When they say WE are not Patriotic let us remind them of all The Black-Women- Brown- Asians-Jews-Catholics-Gays
& 1 white John Brown
hangin from America’s trees
Voce: Amina Baraka
Piano: Gaspare Di Lieto, Sax: Peppe Plaitano, Drums: Gaetano Fasano, Bass: Tommaso Scannapieco
Napolipoesia nel Parco, Napoli, 2005.