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Jericho Brown

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Jericho Brown

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Educated At: University Of Houston, University Of New Orleans, Dillard University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Poet

Total quotes: 1

“They said to say goodnight
And not goodbye, unplugged
The TV when it rained. They hid
Money in mattresses
So to sleep on decisions.
Some of their children
Were not their children. Some
Of their parents had no birthdates.
They could sweat a cold out
Of you. They’d wake without
An alarm telling them to.
Even the short ones reached
Certain shelves. Even the skinny
Cooked animals too quick
To get caught. And I don’t care
How ugly one of them arrived,
That one got married
To somebody fine. They fed
Families with change and wiped
Their kitchens clean.
Then another century came.
People like me forgot their names.”

— Jericho Brown, ‘N’em

Tagged: Poetry, The Slowdown, Goodnight, goodbye, unplugged, Animals, Birthdates

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