Philadelphia Stories Fall 2020

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goode for who Poem by Edythe Rodriguez

black skin, white acts blackface to carry black caskets blackface to lineblur black face for it wasn’t really about race goode for a u-turn on 59th goode rizzo replacement goode enough for a second term goode for killadelphia goode for the city of brothas who love smokin brothas goode for i didn’t know about the gasoline goode scapegoat goode to look goode on paper and bad for the cameras goode negro goode reverend goode christian goode eye for scripture goode enough to crucify kinfolk

for a goode view on broad

Edythe Rodriguez is a Philly-based Afrikan Renaissance poet who studied Creative Writing and Africology at Temple University. Her work is published or forthcoming in Tulane Review, Sonku Literary Magazine, Call and Response Journal and Bayou Magazine.

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