PREACHER Poem by Adam Small

you a Prophet a Jesus?
a prophet?
you wit yo palace-house?
you wit yo airmobile?
you wit that kinda sad smile a yours?
an yo tears
an yo huffanpuff up onna pulpit
an yo plate piled high wit braaivleis pertaties an meat?

yo house the desert? boy! folks is really gonna think you summin!
an how ja like yo bare lil feet f' that streamline thing
how ja like yo camelskin toga
how ja like ya plateful locust an wile honey?