In the beginning was the word,
And in the end the deed.
Judas did it to Jesus
Tor the same Herd. Same Reason.
You made them mad, Malcolm,
Same reason.
Source: On Malcolm X; It Was a Funky Deal, Poems from Prison, 1968.
-- Etheridge Knight, (Apr 19 1931-1991), US poet, educator; He published his first poems while he was an inmate in prison; went on to become an award-winning poet and taught at several colleges.