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	267	4.8	5-Nov-08
Walt Whitman’s 13 Commandments	Robert David Cohen	List	Critical	247	5	26-May-08
Whatever happened	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	276	5	24-May-08
Peace Proposal	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	227	3.5	20-Apr-08
For Scott Cohen	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	298	4.8	20-Apr-08
Terrible things I do to you	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	279	4.9	11-Apr-08
Bearing Each Other	Raphael	Document	Creative	244	3.67	1-Apr-08
Green Market	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	368	4.9	29-Mar-08
Into the Breath	Gordon Bishop	Document	Creative	237	4.5	11-Jan-08
Tremble	ANairn	Document	Creative	243	4.88	10-Jan-08
Life at Safat Cafe	Richard M	Document	Creative	173	4	8-Nov-07
Catullus Alive: Readings	carlsesar	Audio Track	Creative	1986	5	25-Oct-07
American of the Century (for Bobcats Everywhere)	Richard M	Document	Creative	210	4.8	5-Oct-07
Steel Rails Hum (Song for a Singer)	Richard M	Document	Creative	209	4.83	27-Sep-07
Engineering Desire	Richard M	Document	Creative	163	3.75	27-Sep-07
Girl by the Sea	Richard M	Document	Creative	164	3.67	27-Sep-07
Future Giving (God and Evolution)	Richard M	Document	Creative	147	4.33	24-Sep-07
That Messianic Feeling	Richard M	Document	Creative	167	4	14-Sep-07
The Angel	Richard M	Document	Creative	183	4.4	12-Sep-07
Avocado	Richard M	Document	Creative	170	3.8	12-Sep-07
Childhood Temple Song	Richard M	Document	Creative	183	4.8	12-Sep-07
Who takes care of him?	Richard M	Document	Creative	175	3.33	12-Sep-07
making a good impression	Richard M	Document	Creative	174	4	12-Sep-07
Journeys of the Fortune	Richard M	Document	Creative	264	4.71	12-Sep-07
Witness	Robert David Cohen	Document	Creative	215	4.83	4-Aug-07

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