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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..."
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 14:32:41 +0000
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Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Heathcliff wrote:
>
>>> "There is a cure for the Blues
>>> [...]
>>> A white cabbie says there ain't never
>>> been no/great colored poets
>>> [...]
>>> and I think to myself man
>>> this cat is hip/ smooth,
>>> there's truth in his meter,
>>> so I sez to him I say, hey man,
>>> how come a professor like you
>>> is driving a cab?"
>>> -Ahmos Zu-Bolton, fair use excerpt from "Taxicab Blues".
>>>
>>> Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (October 21, 1948,[1] Poplarville, Mississippi -
>>> March 8,
>>> 2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his editing
>>> and
>>> publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture.
>>>
>>> Read more at:
>>> http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
>> Good find.
>>
>> :)
>
> As you know Ahmos Zu-Bolton poetry is a rare find on the internet....

Yes, that's correct.