Terrence Howard Proves Black Is Yellow Next

Let's workshop this poem about a modern-day embodiment of a classic American archetype: the conman—the snake-oil quack—who, in his desperation to matter (or stupidity?), has bought into own cheap con.

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Terrence Howard Proves Black Is Yellow Next

“2 x 1” means 
the first number is present
the number of times
indicated by the second, 

but he insisted
the answer was 3 (“since
1 has value”) and—manic
with megalomania—

convinced himself
he had left the matrix
instead of simply redefined
“multiplication.”

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