There is a cure for the Blues [...] A white cabbie says there ain’t never been no/great colored poets [...] and I think to myself man this cat is hip/ smooth, there’s truth in his meter, so I sez to him I say, hey man, how come a professor like you is driving a cab? -Ahmos Zu-Bolton, fair use excerpt from Taxicab Blues. Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (October 21, 1948,[1] Poplarville, Mississippi – March 8, 2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his editing and publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture. Read more at: pennyspoetry.wikia/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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