We Are Here Ellison Comments

not the only word i wasn't familiar with! : Definition of otiose 1: producing no useful result: futile 2: being at leisure: idle 3: lacking use or effect: functionless — otiosely adverb — otioseness noun — otiosity play \ˌō-shē-ˈä-sə-tē, ˌō-tē-\ noun - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - well, golly gee, i still don't follow your meanings, if meanings there ARE in your poem, and i bet there are! let me read another. bri :)

and: Baldwin's novels and plays fictionalize fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures thwarting the equitable integration not only of African Americans, but also of gay and bisexual men, while depicting some internalized obstacles to such individuals' quests for acceptance. as for the poem, i may be too blue collar and white skin to understand it well. let me read it again. :)

i had to do some research! Ellison applied twice for admission to Tuskegee Institute, the prestigious all-black university in Alabama founded by Booker T. Washington.[6] He was finally admitted in 1933 for lack of a trumpet player in its orchestra.[6] Ellison hopped freight trains to get to Alabama, and was soon to find out that the institution was no less class-conscious than white institutions generally were. (to be cont.) :)

Ralph Richard & James Bridge crosses over perfection's river on the road from truth to spiritualism...