I wrote to Elijah Muhammad
My spelling and grammar were bad
As well as I could express it
Said I was told of the tales he had

Muhammad sent me a typed reply
The black prisoner, he said
symbolized white society’s crime
On oppressed heads they tread

I bended my knees to pray
And wrote long epigraphs
I would sit for long periods
and study his photographs

They monitored what I wrote
to add to files in every state
Letters to Elijah Muhammad
From any Negro inmate