were found buried today
in a drift of war-torn apologies.
While their opportunities
were left inoperable
the citizens of the ghetto
are eternally bemused
A resident of Philadelphia's Coltrane District,
former San Franciscan poet
Toussaint St. Negritude is also a jazz bass clarinetist and composer,
often
poised along the Schyulkill, finding new tones word by note by word
by note.