I hungered for the power of the all-American man, the Marlb… - Saeed Jones

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I hungered for the power of the all-American man, the Marlboro Man and the Marlboro Man's firstborn son, the high-school quarterback, the company's future CEO, Ernest Hemingway, John Wayne, Odysseus, Hercules, Achilles, the shield itself, the stone-cut archetype, the goddamned Everyman, the golden boy, the one.

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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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If America was going to hate me for being black and gay, then I might as well make a weapon out of myself.

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