From “Swamp Rescue © Mary Lou Springstead

 

Darkness of Knight

I woke up to an orange man president with a wig hat on.
Enforced madness, the deed is done.
Woke from night
we lost the fight
the white house is whiter than white.
It’s a drag man.
Emptied minds down the ballot box
systematically clock tick tock.
Dime the jukebox, there’s no end in sight.
Hold on to yourself
the white house is whiter than white.
It’s a drag man.
A real drag.
Stupidity streams from your 62″ screen.
A saaaddd sight
it’s so not right.
Mind your sleep, wake UP you might.
Open your eyes
the white house is whiter than white.
It’s a drag man.
A solid drag.
Stripped naked
crawl into the void.
Hide me away from the hooded 3K.
We do not thank you darkness of Knight.
We do not want a white house whiter than white.
It’s a drag man.
A total drag.
Speculated odyssey
closed in half an hour.
Solidly square, lost in despair
the white house is whiter than white.
You dig?
The white house is whiter than white.
Make you uptight
smoke dope
think jazz
dig the heat of the street beat
the white house is whiter than white.
It’s a drag man.
It’s a drag.

 

A poet of the street Jane “SpokenWord” Grenier’s performances extend across a wide and varied range from solos, to slams, duo’s, trios, and bands, including a big band performance at The Whitney Museum with Avant-Garde Maestro Cecil Taylor which garnered All About Jazz’s Best of 2016. She has authored two books of poetry with accompanying music and art by co-author Albey onBass: Word Against the Machine & Tragically Hip along with several anthologies.

Mary Lou Springstead is a visual artist originally from Brooksville, Florida who now lives in Middlesbrough, U.K. She is primarily a painter who creates narratives about a variety of topics from culture wars to the death of nature.