April 14, 2010
Twentieth-Century Miracle

I’m paper-thin
          Drunk on gin

I’m a curiosity
Some would say monstrosity

Pull my wires
          Sparking fires

I’ll dance for you
Rhythm and blues

Like my dance?
No chance?

Get back, brother, get back.

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by Cail Judy

December 2009

From Down To The River, a poetry chapbook inspired by African-African authors

This poem is based on the Sambo doll in Ralph Ellison’s masterpiece Invisible Man

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