Writing Poetry Is The Hard Manual Labor

I Have Black Guys Who Tell Me They Put My Books On Their Bed Stands To Read At Night Like Something For Guidance Or Information. That Really Pleases Me A Lot. I Think My Work Has Changed Some Things. It's Changed Me.

I Think There Are Fundamentalists All Over The World. I Think All Religions Have Fundamentalists Who Have Different Interpretations Of Scriptures That Are Very Vague.

I Used To Be A Discipline Problem, Which Caused Me Embarrassment Until I Realized That Being A Discipline Problem In A Racist Society Is Sometimes An Honor.

When I Say Afro-american Aesthetic, I'm Not Just Talking About The United States, I'm Talking About The Americas. People In The Latin Countries Read My Books Because They Share The Same International Aesthetic That I'm Into And Have Been Into For A Long Time. And It's Multicultural.

In Haitian Mythology There Is The Figure Ghede, Who In West Africa, Is Iku, Whose Role Is To Show "each Man His Devil." He's Represented By A Figure Wearing A Top Hat And Smoking A Cigar. That's My Gig.