john - Lucille Clifton


 somebody coming in blackness
like a star
and the world be a great bush
on his head
and his eyes be fire
in the city
and his mouth be as true as time

he be calling the people brother
even in prison
even in jail

i'm only just a baptist preacher
somebody bigger than me coming
in blackness like a star

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