WOMAN
When you asked me if I knew her and I said I did, I lied
Surely I'd have spoken truer had I said, instead, "I tried"
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Oscar Brown, Jr.
LIFE AND DEATH
For fitness sake
What breeds here feeds
And has to take
Oscar Brown, Jr.
OLD QUESTION
How can I know passion
In so sweet a fashion
Oscar Brown, Jr.
JITNEY JACK
Once jitney cabs that taxied us
On Chicago’s south side
Oscar Brown, Jr.
ON TIME
Set to satisfy the seasons
Separated by the sun
So arranged for cosmic reasons
Oscar Brown, Jr.
GRAVITY IS GOD
Gravity is God in disguise
Operating right before your eyes
Oscar Brown, Jr.
MATTER OF GRAVITY
I found the 411
On just how gravity has run
The earth and moon and sun
Oscar Brown, Jr.
GRACE OF GOD
In the sluggish sleep of slaves
From your cradles to your graves
Oscar Brown, Jr.
FULLER LIFE (JOURNEY THROUGH FOREVER)
Round the sun so brightly burning
Day by day we go sojourning
Oscar Brown, Jr.
A MAN
Peering dimly through the haze
That beclouds all yesterdays
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