Ntozake Shange - My Father Is a Retired Magician

(for ifa, p.t., & bisa)

 

my father is a retired magician

which accounts for my irregular behavior

everythin comes outta magic hats

or bottles wit no bottoms & parakeets

are as easy to get as a couple a rabbits

or 3 fifty cent pieces/ 1958

 

my daddy retired from magic & took

up another trade cuz this friend of mine

from the 3rd grade asked to be made white

on the spot

 

what cd any self-respectin colored american magician

do wit such a outlandish request/ cept

put all them razzam...