AT DENOUEMENT FINE ART/INDPLS.,in. 1990

The Alo poem was written in about one week.It took three weeks to bring it to heart. Etheridge ran me through my orals and so did Steve.The poem was received well and became a signature piece.

ATLANTA /GA. 1979 / we were the only non-black family in a settlement across the tracks

• Next to the house I GREW A CORN FIELD / THEY KNOCKED IT DOWN /BooBoo and Shirley/ sisters /neighborhood teens / they held a switchblade taut against my pregnant belly /I was already hurt/they were/violent yet sweet as Violetslets...