This absurdity that we live in our Black bodies. Can it have a place to go other than our bodies? It is too much for the body. It must have another place.

Rice on the table
And a pile o peas
How many, tell me, how many
Has Satchmo eat?

I’ll give you a sum
Or I’ll give you some plenty
Tell me, how much, yes, how much
Is the cost of a penny?