Ishmael Reed: Why I Often Allude to Osiris
ikhnaton looked like
prophet jones, who brick
by brick broke up a
french chateau & set it
down in detroit. he was
‘elongated’ like prophet
jones & had a hairdresser’s
taste.
ikhnaton moved cities for
his mother-in-law &
each finger of his hands
bore rings.ikhnaton brought re
ligious fascism to egypt.where once man animals
plants & stars freely
roamed thru each other’s
rooms, ikhnaton came up
with the door.(a lot of people in new york
go for him – museum curators
politicians & tragic mulattoes)
i’ll take osiris any
time.
prefiguring JB he
funky chickened into
ethiopia & everybody had
a good time. osiris in
vented the popcorn, the
slow drag & the lindy hop.he’d rather dance than rule
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