First Line: ON FRIDAYS HE'D OPEN A CAN OF JAX Last Line: WITH EYES CLOSED & FISTS BALLED, %LABORING OVER A SIMPLE WORD, ALMOST %REDEEMED BY WHAT HE TRIED TO
Poem Sources:
NEW AMERICAN POETS OF THE '90S. MYERS, JACK, & WEINGARTEN, ROGER (EDS.) (1991)
IN SEARCH OF COLOR EVERYWHERE: A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY. MILLER, E. ETHELBERT (ED.) (1994)
