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December 17, 2024 34 mins
In a countermelody to the media’s persistent portrayal of Black bodies as working tirelessly, in constant motion, poet Roger Reeves centers images of Black men in postures of rest and repose. Evoking Muhammad Ali slumbering in a four-poster bed, John Coltrane washing dishes within the four walls of his house, DMX watering orchids, and Mike Tyson caring for his flock of pigeons, Roger reflects on the stillness and silence of their interior worlds as a protest against the control of capitalistic time.  Read the essay. Discover more stories from our latest print edition, Volume 5: Time. Photo by Gordon Parks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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