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And now each night, I count the stars. And each night I get the same number. And when the stars won't come to be counted, I count the holes they leave.
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To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass.
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& love is an evil word. Turn it backwards/see, see what I mean? An evol word.
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Imamu Amiri Baraka
Born:
October 7, 1934
Died:
January 9, 2014
(aged 79)
Bio:
Amiri Baraka, formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.
Known for:
Blues People (1963)
Somebody blew up America, & other poems (2003)
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka reader (1991)
The autobiography of LeRoi Jones (1984)
Tales of the Out & the Gone (2007)
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