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This is a poem about the triumph
of shattered divinity
for example/ the god of orgasm sometimes
makes an ugly face
the anti-god of time hangs out w/
the pseudo god of rent money
the first & last god I call on lives
at the bottom of my gut
where bits of smashed gods fell into me
If it weren’t for the broken gods
I wouldn’t have none.
— “More Gods Means Less Slavery”
Michelle T. Clinton’s second book of poetry, is a bold exploration of powerful themes, from everyday acts of love and hate in the ghetto to gestures of political and sexual survival in a postmodern no-woman’s land.
“Good Sense & The Faithless is about abuse and survival, about the twisted and obstacle-strewn path towards love in the late twentieth century.
“As always, Clinton delivers her message in a language that tears, burns, and cries with the supercharged rhythms of the city and the sonic leaps of a soul that will not rest until Love is restored.”—Reuben Martinez
“Frank, raw, courageous, and sincere, these poems dare the reader to throw the first stone — and better not run.”
— Wanda Coleman
Michelle T. Clinton, a leading Los Angeles poet in the 1980s, published her first volume of poetry, High/Blood Pressure, with West End Press in 1986.
She co-edited Invocation L.A.: Urban Multicultural Poetry, a groundbreaking anthology, published in 1990.
She now lives in the Bay Area.