Yusef Komunyakaa Quote

Redemptive as a straight razor
against a jugular vein—
unacknowledged & unforgiven.
It's truth we're after here,
hurting for, out in the streets
where my brothers kill each other,
each other's daughters & guardian angels
in the opera of dead on arrival.


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Redemptive as a straight razor against a jugular vein— unacknowledged & unforgiven. It's truth we're after here, hurting for, out in the streets...

Redemptive as a straight razor against a jugular vein— unacknowledged & unforgiven. It's truth we're after here, hurting for, out in the streets...

Redemptive as a straight razor against a jugular vein— unacknowledged & unforgiven. It's truth we're after here, hurting for, out in the streets...

Redemptive as a straight razor against a jugular vein— unacknowledged & unforgiven. It's truth we're after here, hurting for, out in the streets...