The Yanks came from across the Atlantic and I could swear they’d given their boys a fix, For how did a black man – Herr Owens from Oakville, Alabama, Who raced dogs for cents and tricks, Score gold after gold, in Berlin in 1936?! They called him the “Buckeye Bullet” in Ohio, you see, And …
“Crack and crevasse from a whole to part,Loathing and agony and the break of heartkiss your feet, if you dare to pass.” “Lament and worship WHO brings flame to flame,Lightbringer! Saviour! Of glory and pain!Drinker of blood; bringer of brass.” That was long ago when men were scared,Here now I stood; looked down and staredat …
