We can invent Kingdoms of our owngrand purple thrones, those chairs of lust& love we must, in beds of rust Steel doors lock in prisoner's screams& muzak, AM, rocks their dreams No black men's pride to hoist the beamswhile mocking angels sift what seems To be a collage of magazine dust Scratched on foreheads of walls of trust This is just jail for those who mustget up in the morning & fight for such Unusable standards While weeping maidens Show-off penury & pout Ravings for a mad staff