Baltimore Call-and-Response
Repeat after me!
Blood in the!
Blood in the!
And, I say!
And, I say!
Fix the!
Fix the!
I am burned and!
I am burned and!
Living right up against!
Living right up against!
I walk like!
I walk like!
Inside the house, hunger is!
Inside the house, hunger is!
It's been a long, long!
It's been a long, long!
Maybe I!
Maybe I!
My bills are!
My bills are!
My obligation to!
My obligation to!
Now is the!
Now is the!
Not much longer 'til it all!
Not much longer 'til it all!
Rubber bullets and kevlar vests won't!
Rubber bullets and kevlar vests won't!
Shame on!
Shame on!
So my life is about!
So my life is about!
The big fix is not the!
The big fix is not the!
The man at the desk won't!
The man at the desk won't!
The officer is!
The officer is!
The van was!
The van was!
The city is my!
The city is my!
At the bottom is not my!
At the bottom is not my!
This is the last!
This is the last!
This property is my!
This property is my!
This will never!
This will never!
To die this way is!
To die this way is!
Marcus Civin’s writing verges from criticism to poetry to performance script. He is associate dean of graduate studies at Maryland Institute College of Art. He has published poetry in Out of Nothing, Recaps Magazine, The Cortland Review, Fold Appropriate Text, and Try Magazine, and has written for Art Papers, Afterimage, Artforum.com, Artslant, and Sculpture Magazine.