{"id":3994,"date":"2013-07-28T02:34:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T02:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sporkpress.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2013-07-28T02:34:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T02:34:06","slug":"3-kwansabas-kenny-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/2013\/07\/28\/3-kwansabas-kenny-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Kwansabas || Kenny Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KWANSABA: MICKEY MANTLE <\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWith his \u201caw-shucks\u201d good looks. Face<br \/>\nimitating stone. In that molded appearance, that<br \/>\ngirls know well. For me to say<br \/>\nthat face, on trading cards of my<br \/>\nyouth, still burns, in my loins would<br \/>\nbe an understatement. \tGum sealed in original<br \/>\nplastic &#8212; brittle slabs that, never lost its flavor.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n_________________________________<br \/>\n<strong>KWANSABA: Donald McKayle<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPregnant pause as limbs wrap against wind.<br \/>\nPregnant pause again &#038; again. Words lose<br \/>\nall meaning, once the dance begins. Watch<br \/>\nas scissor opens. Listen. Outstretched arms with<br \/>\nclutched fist form jackhammer. Lean in close.<br \/>\nSee his feet at ten and two.<br \/>\nPerched forward position &#038; loudest when still.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n_________________________________<br \/>\n<strong>KWANSABA: RITA HAYWORTH (World War II Pin-Up Girl)<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSculpting a shadow above breasts. Hearts lie<br \/>\nin wait. Patiently. As a rising star,<br \/>\nbroke away from midnight. Look. Eyeballs magnified.<br \/>\nDrooling over, silky white nightgown, trimmed with<br \/>\nblack lace. Low-cut top. She\u2019s smiling.<br \/>\nHe imagines she\u2019s his.  Black silhouette on<br \/>\nher back reflects, his girl back home.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n_________________________________<br \/>\n<strong>Kenny Fame <\/strong>is a African-American poet who was born in Paterson, New Jersey.<br \/>\nHe currently divides his time between living &#038; working in both London UK &#038; NYC.<br \/>\nHe was a recent graduate of Cave Canem\u2019s 2011 &#038; 2012 Poetry Conversations<br \/>\nWorkshop classes. His work has appeared in numerous journals both nationally<br \/>\nand internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KWANSABA: MICKEY MANTLE &nbsp; With his \u201caw-shucks\u201d good looks. Face imitating stone. In that molded appearance, that girls know well. For me to say that face, on trading cards of my youth, still burns, in my loins would be an understatement. Gum sealed in original plastic &#8212; brittle slabs that, never lost its flavor. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}