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Soul Feud

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Never getcha self inta pissin' Contest with stank hightailin' skunk

Where sushi is called bait Earthworms danglin' from rusty hooks Wrigglin' night crawlers glowworm possums Actin' crazier than sprayed cockroaches

Just 'cause chickens got wings Don't mean them'all ken fly

Uprooted human beans collard greens Hog maw chitterlings black-eyed peas Hominy grits soaked in lye Crumbly runt hush puppy litter

Puttin' yer boots in de Oven still taint changin' nuthin'

Bristly catfish whiskers unshaven stubble Stranded crawfish fetid potluck jambalaya Force-fed toxic mumbo jumbo gumbo Bubblin' brown sugar pee-can pralines

Don't piss on my leg And tell me it's rainin'

Citation

“Soul Feud,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26505.