9 Quotes by Terrance Hayes about poems
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In this we may be alike, Assassin, you & me: we believeWe want what’s best for humanity. I'll probably surviveDancing with the kinds of people who must find refugeAmong the sweat & rancor of a Fish & Chicken ShackBut Assassin, they'll probably murder you. Do you ask,Why you should die for me if I will not die for you? I do.
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America, you just wanted change is all, a return To the kind of awe experiences after beholding a reign Of gold. A leader whose metallic narcissism is a reflection Of your own.
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Christianity is a religion built around a fatherWho does not rescue his son. It is the storyOf a son whose father is a ghost.
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No one Mentions Jesus' sister. Nothing is writtenAbout her. She had no children, she was in herForties the first time she turned water into wine.
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Something happens everywhere in this country Every day. Someone is praying, someone is prey.
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Nothing saddens me more Than Nigger, one whose master has no Lord.No word leaves me more graced by shame.
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It feels sadder when a black person says Nigga Because it sounds like Nigger.
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The man was high yellowIn public, afraid of himself, pretending his musicWas material when in fact, it was the opposite:Like a breath that comes so quickly you knowYou’re breathing ether: either atmosphericAnd anonymous as the air against a window,Or indefinite & mute as a curtain of wind.
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SometimesIs a good answer to any existential question.
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