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Hearing Him
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Hearing Him
Hearing the great man Martin Luther
uttering an urgent, integral truth, a
regal ruler uniting men then
aiming the gauntlet right at them.
The talent real, the timing regular,
the ritual healing the anger, the hunger,
Martin making talking an art, talking an art.
Martin making talking an art!
Hearing him hit them in the heart.
Hearing him air a militant rage,
I imagine a humane age.
Hearing him ignite an argument, an argument.
Hearing him hit them in the gut.
Hearing him hit me in the heart.
Until, mutilating him, a gun taught him that thinking men
are an irritant, that ranting men are a threat.
Ruminating that grim nightmare, rather than lamenting the late King, I'm...
letting him haunt me, taunt me,
intrigue me, enthral me.
“It ain't the right thing”, I hear him hurl,
“treating a man like an alien!”
Hearing him hit me in the heart.
I'm thanking the King, I'm muttering an amen,
tinkling a tune, I'm emulating him.
The ultimate titan meriting an anthem...
He might like a ragtime!
Hearing Luther King.
Hearing him hit me in the heart.
Paul Grundy, Solid Idols.
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Paul Grundy Lille, France
An A-Z of glorious and notorious figures from the British Isles. Who's a solid idol? The letters of each name, and the songs
they turn into, will investigate.
Cet abécédaire de figures britanniques est à la fois un projet live et un livre audio. Qui est une idole solide? Les lettres des noms, et les chansons qui en émanent, mèneront l'enquête.
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