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Statistical Iconoclast

(For Peter J. Harris and Romaine Washington)

Room Crowded with Crusty noses

& Pink Eye Curiosity welcomed

Me-

today’s art teacher in my son’s 1st grade class.

Crayon conversations on paper mimicked

 Umizoomi sketch smiles 

 Sponge Bob frowns

 

Memory moon-walked.

I am a father who is the son of two fathers.

The son of two men who loved my mother.

Biology of one man birthed my voice.

Another man’s scaffolding   water colored  my hands.

Legacy of both men

mentored

re-appearance of Ellison’s Invisible man

no longer disappearing,

shattering Wright’s Bigger Thomas statistic seeping

circus  mirror reflection.

 

Now- Hero to my son,

his Batman, Superman, Spiderman

& Dad

painting  elementary memories for a father-famished  generation.

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