Ancestors one year later

Still grieving oldest brother sister
Granny said brother go end up in pen
Granny true
no brother whole life miss love



me and bro in juvenile hall same time
he go CYA
judge say yo grades
cost must to send college or CYA
brother CYA
outside court I say Mama
why you ain't cryin'?
Son
No cry outside
cry inside
ok Mama
understand
no big brother no cry
six sisters
yap yap yap
retire to room with grandpa
drunk on gin
me drunk on green death
Rainer Ale
kick a nigga's ass
green death
country girl too ass
Roberta gotta pee on road
cotton patch road
Fresno
cotton patch raisin patch
tent city Thorne Ave.
niggas come up
time after time
work hard own property
marian m. jackmon realty
mom
oh mom
sell every nigga a home first home
greatest mom ever
work hard
nine kids no man
two grand
eleven raised Mom
business woman
spiritual woman
disciple Mary Baker Eddy
know truth
set you free
mind ova matter
mind ova matter
no dis ease
negative attraction
negative attraction.
Mom no medicine cabinet no pills
no the truth heal dis ease
one year later
Donna Ollie gone
Ollie one year older
Donna under me
oldest six sisters
Donna gone Ollie gone
Me middle man when
everyday holy day
live no stress zone
everyday holy dayla
no stress zone
work hard party hard
revolution party
red black green
Marcus Garvey flag
Where Coon flag
KKK say
Where Coon flag
everybody got a flag
cept Coon
where Coon flag
Garvey say red black green
black supreme
red blood
black peoplee
green land
Africa for Africans
home abroad
One aim God destiny
Africa for Africans
home abroad.
see the Black Star
let black star light shine
Ollie say burn me
ashes Lake Merritt
no words memorial
don't say shit bout me
a motherfuckin thang
Donna story teller
greater than brother
telling lies
brother defer in lie contest
Donna master lie teller
sell Brooklyn Bridge to Nigga
Donna cold
girl vivid imagination
miss my peoples
some kinna hole in heart
miss my peoples
brother gave me funiture
Invictus watch collection
time time
Timer watch time
consumed time
sitting rotting studying time
after time
Miles Davis Time After Time
year later Donna Ollie
no closure
silent grief
wish it had been better
older brother love
manhood training love
Donna sister love
oldest sister love
my motherfucking ass!
Thank you Allah
near his end
lived round corner from me
by Lake Merritt
where his ashes flow
maybe mine as well
Oaktown child man
Long live West Oakland
Harlem of West!
--Marvin X
1/20/18