james brown.
what a drag that he died.
what a fucking drag.
as a musician and composer, he was more important and influential than the beatles ever were or could have hoped to be.
but curiously, folk don't seem to see him that way. even now.
think about it.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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