I grew up in Buffalo, New York.
And the first book that was published, Good Times,
is about--
a lot of it is about Buffalo, New York.
I'd like to read a group of poems.
I'll read them together.
It was about something that happened at that time.
It was-- I always say that it shows Buffalo is an odd city.
It sometimes acts as if it has no class.
And somebody's from Buffalo.
Is that right?
No class.
Anyway, we had a riot.
And we even had kind of a no class riot.
And this poem is about trying to understand
that thing that happened.
Now you have to remember, I have to say this in the beginning,
you have to remember that this was during the time
when Governor Rockefeller would always
turn to his troubleshooter when anything happened in Buffalo
and that was Nelson Rockefeller.
No that was Jackie Robinson, what am I saying?
When I thought of trouble you see, I thought of Nelson.
That was Jackie Robinson and he would send him wherever.
So
Tyrone. One.
On this day, the Buffalo soldiers
have taken up position, corner of Jefferson and Sycamore.
We will sack the city.
We'll sink the city.
Seek the city.