Tongues Untied
—for Marlon Riggs
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“Negro faggotry
is in vogue”
—Marlon Riggs,
Black Macho Revisited
Madonna commodified it—
Lady Gaga cod-pieced it…
Mapplethorpe photographed it—
Martians abducted it…
Snap swish-and-dish divas—
Were once all the rage, dears…
Death pantomimes us now—
Black macho keeps on jivin’…
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