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My Chapbook4/28/2024 I wrote this because so much of who I am came from Uncle Moe. He was a human being, and he struggled with his demons, but he never bled or made anyone hurt because of them. he had a gentleness, sensitivity, and empathy that Drew people to him. I've written about him in Prior books, but for one chap book I wanted him to have the center.
I was homeless from 7 until around the end of 8. My mother didn't know if my grandmother was Friend or Foe in her struggles with my father, and we went from place to place between downtown the East Side in Lakewood. when my grandmother found out she got my Uncle Milton To beat the crap out of him, Then took my mother and I in as her Reclamation project. I've written about big mama and Mama and will continue to until the day they put me in the ground. Yet I owe so much to Uncle Moe, My grandaddy and their brothers at the VFW, Caberros and Elks Club. They showed me what black men can be. they treated being a black man as a Stern and Noble discipline, They were warriors for their families their communities and had a strong sense of pride. After 16, I didn’t see them altogether because they found out the frightening stuff that my father was doing to me. It took me a while to understand that they werent in my life anymore because they felt shame or contempt for me, but because they seriously couldn't be around my father without blowing his head off. My grandfather, in coming back to my life in my early 20’s, told me how much their choice had tortured them; how I was their good little soldier, their man-man, and how it haunted each of them to see what he subsequently did to my Grandmother and myself. . I wrote this chapbook to set my grandfather, Vollife Johnson, free from that pain. I wrote this chapbook to set Moses Williams. Herman Grimes, and Milton Grimes free. My book will be in my bio. If you like it, a Venmo donation of 5 would be valued. @Robert-Lashley-1
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