Reed

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    The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

    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)

    When you’re growing up in a small town
    You know you’ll grow down in a small town
    There is only one good use for a small town
    You hate it and you know you’ll have to leave.
    —Lou Reed (b. 1944)