In Memory of Kuwasi Balagoon
Marilyn Buck
December 13, 1986
Dear brother you spoke so plain
children listened to your song of freedom
played in games, stories and life
brother you danced so lightly
you whistled as you soared
over prison walls and tombs
dear brother your spirit sings
songs of freedom
wrenched from slaver’s cruelty
you leave us your tunes
swinging blues
rocking rap
brass staccatos
peace by piece
a revolution riff
December 19, 1986
Note: Kuwasi Balagoon (Dec. 22, 1946–Dec. 13, 1986) was a Black Panther, a member of the Black Liberation Army, a New Afrikan anarchist, a defendant in several celebrated Black Liberation cases, and a writer. He died in prison of pneumonia.
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