A thin man comes along Out of nowhere A black man comes along Out of everywhere Against all odds Comes along Materializes young and whole Out of our very selves. He is saying what’s on the tip of our tied tongues Finishing our tortured sentences With possibilities Of hope in a hopeless time. This one Understands What we want Some of what we want Enough of a fraction of what we want And need To send us Singing joyous alive tonight Dancing in the streets with history Embracing neighbors and strangers All round the wounded world. Impossible man Made of dignity and calm. Put your incredulous trust in him Against your better reason Extract it like a diamond from the dark column Of your spine Awed at yourself Your doing this Polish and deposit it Thankful In the hands of this man. Fiercely protect and challenge him. Give him pieces of yourself Friends All of us common from Africa Give... See full document!

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Obama	Robert David Cohen	Document	Critical	341	4.8	5-Nov-08
Walt Whitman’s 13 Commandments	Robert David Cohen	List	Critical	261	5	26-May-08
Whatever happened	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	329	5	24-May-08
Peace Proposal	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	275	3.5	20-Apr-08
For Scott Cohen	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	344	4.8	20-Apr-08
Terrible things I do to you	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	324	4.9	11-Apr-08
Bearing Each Other	Raphael	Document	Creative	294	3.67	1-Apr-08
Green Market	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	416	4.9	29-Mar-08
Into the Breath	Gordon Bishop	Document	Creative	287	4.5	11-Jan-08
Tremble	ANairn	Document	Creative	293	4.88	10-Jan-08
Life at Safat Cafe	Richard M	Document	Creative	225	4	8-Nov-07
Catullus Alive: Readings	carlsesar	Audio Track	Creative	2054	5	25-Oct-07
American of the Century (for Bobcats Everywhere)	Richard M	Document	Creative	260	4.8	5-Oct-07
Steel Rails Hum (Song for a Singer)	Richard M	Document	Creative	262	4.83	27-Sep-07
Engineering Desire	Richard M	Document	Creative	224	3.75	27-Sep-07
Girl by the Sea	Richard M	Document	Creative	212	3.67	27-Sep-07
Future Giving (God and Evolution)	Richard M	Document	Creative	200	4.33	24-Sep-07
That Messianic Feeling	Richard M	Document	Creative	220	4	14-Sep-07
The Angel	Richard M	Document	Creative	236	4.4	12-Sep-07
Avocado	Richard M	Document	Creative	222	3.8	12-Sep-07
Childhood Temple Song	Richard M	Document	Creative	233	4.8	12-Sep-07
Who takes care of him?	Richard M	Document	Creative	223	3.33	12-Sep-07
making a good impression	Richard M	Document	Creative	220	4	12-Sep-07
Journeys of the Fortune	Richard M	Document	Creative	320	4.71	12-Sep-07
Witness	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	265	4.83	4-Aug-07

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