Ntozake Shange




7 tequilas gone

a few puffs of opium coolin me down
my daughter is in panama
i am more dangerous than noriega
accordin to my mother
who tried to carry bourbon
into the courthouse where they
called me everything but
an unfit mother / off to rehearsal
i go off for more interviews
now i am famous        i don’t really
have a life / i have tequila and whispers
of my child sayin’
mami wake up
despierta-te    

(Portugese - despiértate - wake up)