Etheridge Knight Wall Poems
- 1. He Sees Through Stone
He sees through stone
he has the secret
eyes this old black one
who under prison skies
... - 2. The Idea Of Ancestry
Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black
faces: my father, mother, grandmothers (1 dead), grand-
fathers (both dead), brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts,
cousins (1st and 2nd), nieces, and nephews.They stare
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