Doppelgangbanger: poems

Intro

Copyright

Contents

The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jung Thug

I.

Hip-Hop Introspective

A Brief History of Poetry

Etymology of Hoochie Mama

The Attitude Era

Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

A Brief History of Violence

Self-Portrait as a Chicken Dinner

Still Life with the Dropout Bear Sitting in the Stands

Keep Your Mouth Shut

Still Life with Kendrick Lamar's Mama's Van

Family and Consumer Sciences

Animal Phat Farm

Etymology of Gangsta

Still Life with Crooked Painting and Bullet Holes in Grayscale

(Sub)Urban Dictionary

Dissplacement

Elegy for a False Sense of Security

Newton's Third Law / Negritude's First Law

II.

Genesis 10:11

Apologia with a Pregnancy Test and Weeping Jesus

The Ballad of Addy Walker: An African-American Girl Story

Still Life with Torso of Cornrowed Neo-Soul Sanger

Hip-Hop Introspective

Giving Dap

Waves

Louis Vuitton Timberlands

"I Like My Women Like I Like My Cars,"

Doppelgangbanger

Psalm for P.

A Can of Murray's Pomade, 1990-Present

Still Life with Woman and Balloons in Noir

Gangsters, Disciples

Still Life with the Color Orange

Grand Street

The Love Song of Percy Sledgehammer

Jesus Piece

A Character Solemnly Torn

III.

Self-Portrait as a Shadow

Hip-Hop Introspective

Lesson for Cortney

Self-Portrait as a Tea Bag

"When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Martyr"

Sonic & Knuckles (1994)

Still Life with Young Black Woman's Face Etched into a School Desk

Devotion ("I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord")

Still Life with Light-Skinned Rapper Wearing Newsboy Cap

Moving Day (New Kids in the Neighborhood)

White History Month

Still Life with Black Boy's Face Overlaying Project Buildings

Triggernometry

Jumpman: A Ghazal with Pivots

Jim Opus [jim oh-puh s]

Still Life with Skateboarding Rapper Orbited by Nerd Paraphernalia

No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper

Thugonomics

Ode to FAFSA

On Recidivism

Ode to the Paycheck

"I Ain't Mean to Scare You, Lil' Nigga."