Oregon
Literary
Review
Vol. 2, No. 2

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E. Ethelbert Miller
TWO POEMS


BEFORE HIP HOP

Before
Hip Hop
There was

Nat
King
Cole

Sugar Ray
And
Miles.

Cool
Was
How

You
Held
A

Cigarette between
Fingers or entered
A ring or simply

Found your stage
And turned your back
To the world.