Boston, April 5th, 1968
Cities Nation-wide shook when the King fell
and fires engulfed the eyes of those who thought
beside him. But in Boston King James quelled
the chaos, and swelled the soul; funk overwrought
the shattered masses but that Friday night
the Godfather took control of the air,
he rose up on frenzied heels shining bright
and when he spun the whole earth turned to meet him there,
no matter the arc. While other cities
burned, Brown bloomed sound in Beantown
and kept kicking out the sparks.