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Marvin X on living the life of a revolutionary, i.e., artistic freedom fighter

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Master Teacher, poet, playwright, organizer, planner  Marvin X at his Academy of da Corner, 14th and  Broadway, downtown Oakland, Black Arts Movement Business District


One is a doomed person, man, woman, youth, whatever, doomed to death, martyrdom, jail, prison, exile, house arrest  for life, no woman no wife, children estranged. All religions say stay away from him, do not associate with him, he is an evil person. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hebrews, Yoruba, Hausa, Sunni, Shia, 5%, Mo, say away from him. Bad person. boggeyman. shaman. witch doctor.
stay way from Marvin X. No rape, no grope, no hug, no kiss, no pimp, no abuse--stay away from Marvin X, teach you bad things, teach you love yo daddy, mama, sista, brother, child, on stay away from Marvin X, teach you only religion is religion of the heart, love, Marvin X is love, God is Love,
no love no religion no love no revolution no love no communism no capitalism socialism other isms schisms.
Three Black revolutionaries: Angela Davis, Marvin X, Sonia Sanchez

Religion of the heart! No temples, no masjeds, churches, no sects, cults, no fight no fear lakum dinu kum waliya din, i.e., to you your way and to me mine, Al Qur-an. Be whatever you want to be, just don't stop me from being me, whatever that be, let me figure it out, pay the cost for being lost, yet found in the end. Sun Ra said the only sin is to die, then he lost me, he died thus sinned and I was lost in Space is the Place, On the Other Side of Time. Give me some wine! Where is my beloved? Why is she not beside me now that we are in the Upper Room of our Father's House? Is this a dream? Scheme?

I grow old, I grow old, "...Shall I wear my trousers rolled.... Shall I dare eat a peach? Shall I walk upon the beach? (T.S. Eliot)

No matter what, I can say the Grass Roots love me and I love them back, honest, true, traumatized, yet still true to the game, no shame, honest, grass roots. In my face, eye ball to eye ball, listen they pray, listen to my pain, sorrow, please listen, no one listens to my pain, sorrow, please listen!!!!!!!

Entonces, silencia por favor, silencia, digame, digame,speak to me!

Ah, the life of a revolutonary, exiled.

Exiled, the worst of possible feelings, situations, apart from your people, can't get back with them, your tribe against tribalism, yet your people, no matter how deaf dumb and blind they are, your people like no other, your tribe, family, nation, pan is fine, we pan, yet still tribal, tribe is family, clans, tribe, nation, no shame, we family, no kill no shoot, love family, I appreciate you, brother; appreciate you, sister!

The revolution continues unto the next generation of understanding.
--Marvin X
July 23, 2017


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