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True facts

True facts

The joint is jumpin’ with a fat man’s joy

Words we most know

Scaffolding 

Scaffolding 

Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife

lil’ elf

lil’ elf

Helene Johnson 

Helene Johnson 

Michael Harper

Michael Harper

Bjork Recites E.E. Cummings

Mingus’ poetry

Mingus’ poetry