Reed

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    And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
    By any emollient.
    —Henry Reed (1914–1986)

    the hunger of this poem is legendary
    it has taken in many victims
    back off from this poem
    it has drawn in yr feet
    back off from this poem
    it has drawn in yr legs
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

    statistic: the us bureau of missing persons reports
    that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared
    leaving no solid clues
    nor traceonly
    a space
    in the lives of their friends.
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)