Table of Contents
The Poetry Cops (Consolidated Poetry Systems) xiii
In the Face of What You Remember 1
In the Face of What You Remember 3
Bad Habits 5
The Day of Our Founding 7
Head Crack Head Crack 9
The Poetry Cops 11
Some Things You Might Need to Start Your Day 13
We Used to Call It Puerto Rico Rain 14
At the Preparación 16
Juice & Butter 18
Dapper Dan Meets Petey Shooting Cee-Lo 20
Guiso at Florsheim's 22
The Poetry Cops 24
Triple Feature 25
Sucker for Love Ass Nigga 27
The Poetry Cops Talk with Phat Phil 29
Josephine's Sweet 16 31
At the Battle 33
The Poetry Cops 35
That's My Heart Right There 37
Sucker for Love Ass Nigga 38
The Poetry Cops Talk with Josephine 42
The Poetry Cops Talk with Nena, Cachita, Shameka, and Rosie 44
Close to the River 46
How It Went Down 48
Not for Nothing, Honestly & Truthfully 49
When Teddy-Up Rolls 50
No ID 52
Your Lose Something Every Day 55
You Lose Something Every Day 57
Revival 58
Where Did We Find the Laughter? 60
The Poetry Cops 62
Freshly Dipped 63
Each One Teach One 64
Forget What You Saw 67
Forget What You Saw 69
Forget What You Heard 75
The Poetry Cops 77
Forget What You Heard 78
Brother Lo on the Prison Industrial Complex 79
The Whole World on a Subway 81
Bullshit Walks 83
Drug War Confidential 85
A Spot Where You Can Kiss the Dead 87
Breaking Night 89
On Sundays 92
Trago 93
The Poetry Cops 94
The Poetry Cops 95
Killer Diller 96
To Be Down 97
Bust This, Run That 99
They Won't Find Us in Books 100
Ghost Face 102
The Poetry Cops 103
Shout-outs & Big Ups 105