Reading My Father’s Will

By Andrew Marshall Jr.

This book is a tribute to all individuals that were a part of my Claflin experience, which serves as a testimony of the impact of The Claflin experience had on and continues to reflect on the author’s life journey. The author last attended Claflin Elementary School in 1969. The Class of 1969 was the last “totally” segregated class at Claflin. The author proudly submits this work, Reading My Father’s Will, in loving memory and in appreciation of everyone that matriculated and/or served in any uplifting/motivating capacity. In addition, the Author employs a style of improv or props writings in this work that may be subjected to both allegorical and metaphorical interpretations...including a plethora of puzzling puzzles….

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796073935

Andrew Marshall Jr.

Andrew Marshall, Jr., graduated from Bethune-Cookman University, formerly Bethune-Cookman College, a historically black institution of higher learning, has a master’s degree in human resource management and development, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. He resides in the Metropolitan United States of America.

Book preview

Copyright © 2019 by Andrew Marshall, Jr.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2019919526

ISBN:            Hardcover              978-1-7960-7395-9

                      Softcover                978-1-7960-7394-2

                      eBook                     978-1-7960-7393-5

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

Rev. date: 12/10/2019

Xlibris

1-888-795-4274

www.Xlibris.com

796182

Dedication

Dedicated to all of the former teachers, secretaries/office administrators, cooks and janitors, along with my loving classmates (and to all of the other beloved keepers of the shrine/ village) that worked at, attended and/or supported our beloved primary institution of higher learning at Claflin Elementary School in Columbus, Georgia.

This book is a tribute to all individuals that were a part of my Claflin experience, which serves as a testimony of the impact of The Claflin experience had on and continues to reflect on the author’s life journey. The author last attended Claflin Elementary School in 1969. The Class of 1969 was the last totally segregated class at Claflin. The author proudly submits this work, Reading My Father’s Will, in loving memory and in appreciation of everyone that matriculated and/or served in any uplifting/motivating capacity. In addition, the Author employs a style of improve or props writings in this work that may be subjected to both allegorical and metaphorical interpretations… including a plethora of puzzling puzzles….

CONTENTS

Just Play The Dead

Meek

Let Me not also be ye Deprived

If Today I Do not Die Living

Even Broken Unevenly

Blackberries

Dig-Daddy-Dug-Girl

ONE God-Know-Less Put Diss-Song O’ My Re-Pete-RESUME

I Wish You Were Another Child Again (Not Yo’ Mummie, Child)

Waking Up Dead

Got The Blues

I Just Want to Hear Your Love Whispering

9 Lies

Trey Trey (ATM3)

Motto

Concession

Easy Street (Kinfolk Corner)

Night Poem (or Envy)

My Father’s Will

Tour for a Black Soldier

Anthem (We Stay High)

The African in America Prophecy

The Tree Top Bargain Hunters

It Is Written

Done With The Sundialing

Again Today…

Respectively

Bitter-Gritty-Greens

Shamin

Sing Your Song Before Thy Heart Sings its SwanSong

River Walker

The Lasting Longest Last Kiss (The Greatest Evidence)

Far 2 FAR

In My Eyes

We Shall Be The Clean Shavers

Poetically Speaking

Blind Eyes that Cannot See The Light for Darkness

Shed The Tears Now

One Proud Nation of Prouds

Turning Point

Dust to The ReCluse…

Two Faces

Rouse

Live Alone

The Bully Belying

Blind Dating That’s Out-Dated

Hurt Hurt

Coming Back Home for My Next Going Home

KNOT For All The Gold in US

A Broke Bitch Hustle (Child Support)

Sky Blue Nice

Doe Tow

Closed Eyes

The Comedy

Conscientious Divider

Breaking-Black-Bread-Good

Legato (the bebop rule)

Praying Butterfly Prey

Take Another Knee

Running Up Behind Crawlers

Self Lullabying

Po’ Me The Measured Life

This Land of a Divisive Divinity

Circus

Watching the Years Gone Bye

Synonymous With The N in NAACP

Hurricane, I

High on That Sun (Shining)

The Golden Shovel

The Life Love Left for Dead

Check, Please (or Please, Check)

Running up Behind Crawlers Well-Watered-Years

Well-Watered-Years

Openly Booked

The End of a Dark