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What We Need Now Is Not Another Blues Poem
In a poignant poem, Ed Garnes responds to the death of Oscar Grant, a recent victim of police brutality.
I cowered at the revelation that our soul brother number one, musical architect Don Cornelius, whose funky good time was always buoyed by a distinguished gentleman aesthetic, had taken his own life. Not by a pill popping escapade gone woefully astray, but rather a volatile projectile to the dome. This was personal. A profound proclamation of sadness with a mountainous burden: Do you hear me now?
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In a poignant poem, Ed Garnes responds to the death of Oscar Grant, a recent victim of police brutality.
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