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Joseph A. Brown, S.J., writing as Luke, is a native of East St. Louis, and a professor in the department of Africana studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His writings include A Retreat With Thea Bowman and Bede Abram: Leaning on the Lord, and The Sun Whispers, Wait: New and Collected Poems (2009).
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And when the trembling shook the entire house
it woke me into shock
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Our scars pulse with the rage that cannot sound