[Unedited] Marilyn Nelson with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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A Tuskigy Airman Poem - Lonely Eagles
The last line of this poem is, i think it's the most beautiful line of poetry i've ever written. Being black in america was the original catch. So no one was surprised by twenty two the segregated air strips,. separate camps. They did the jobs they'd been trained to do. Black ground crews kept them in the air. Black flight surgeons kept them alive. The whole group removed their headgear when another pilot died. Roll in beat up flying tigers that had seen action in burma. Do you copy? If you could find a fresh egg, you bought it and hid it in your dop kit or your boot until you could eat it alone. On the night before emission...
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