Strum the banjo.
Strom is dead.
Tickertape, tickertape
Soul parade.
Grits-cooking woman.
Lower your head.
Strom is dead, y’all.
Strom is dead.
Bible school dropout,
Scripture’s been read.
Bull Connor’s waiting.
(No more hoses)
The fire instead.
One for Strom
KEVIN SIMMONDS is a writer, musician and performance artist originally from New Orleans. In 2011, his debut collection, Mad for Meat (Salmon Poetry) will appear along with his edited anthology, Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press). He lives in San Francisco.